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                                  TITLE  20
                        STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS
                                  CHAPTER 8
                          PRIVATE PRISON FACILITIES
    20-803.  PRIVATE PRISON CONTRACTORS -- CONTRACT OR APPROVAL REQUIRED TO
CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE PRIVATE PRISON FACILITIES AND TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE
PRISONERS. (1) A private prison contractor may not construct or operate  a
private prison facility in this state except pursuant to a contract with the
state of Idaho, as authorized in chapter 2, title 20, Idaho Code, or pursuant
to a written contract with a county or city of this state, as authorized by
the provisions of this chapter.
    (2)  A private prison contractor may not house in a private prison
facility in this state prisoners who have been convicted of offenses committed
against the laws of a governmental entity other than the state of Idaho and
its political subdivisions except pursuant to a written contract with the
board of county commissioners of the county in which the facility is located
or the governing body of the city in which the facility is located, and only
if the requirements of this chapter are met.