2006 Utah Code - 64-13c-201 — County housing of state prisoners.

     64-13c-201.   County housing of state prisoners.
     (1) (a) When a person convicted of a felony is committed to serve time in a county correctional facility as a condition of probation under Subsection 77-18-1(8), a county shall accept and house the prisoner in a county correctional facility, subject to available resources. If a county is unable to accept a person due to lack of resources, the county shall negotiate with another county to accept and house the person.
     (b) The department may contract with a county to house inmates, other than those committed under Subsection 77-18-1(8) as a term of probation, in a county or other correctional facility.
     (c) The department shall give preference over private entities to county correctional facility bed spaces for which the department has contracted under Subsection (1)(b).
     (2) On and after July 1, 2000, compensation to a county for inmates incarcerated under this chapter shall be made by the department.

Amended by Chapter 270, 2002 General Session