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AR Code § 12-41-806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 41 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Juvenile Detention Facilities Cooperative Development and Operations Act|§ 12-41-806. Matching requirements

 (a)  (1) Grant and loan funds shall only be awarded under this subchapter upon submission of evidence of the ability to provide an amount of local public or private dollars, or both, equal to or greater than one-third (1/3) of the state's capital grant contribution to any project.  (2) In no event shall the state capital grant contribution to any project authorized under this subchapter exceed the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).    (b) Any revolving loan funds utilized in meeting the total cost of any project authorized under this subchapter shall be interest free and shall have terms not to exceed ten (10) years.  (c) Any award of funds under this section shall be subject to review and approval by the Division of Youth Services, which shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 12-41-807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 41 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Juvenile Detention Facilities Cooperative Development and Operations Act|§ 12-41-807. Operating fund account

 (a) There is hereby established an operating fund account not to exceed the amount of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per annum, the express purpose of which is to provide a supplement to the local operations fund for the continuing operation of secure facilities for juveniles as alternatives to placement of juveniles in adult detention facilities.  (b)  (1) The allowable uses of the operating fund account shall be to provide up to but not to exceed one-third (1/3) of the annual operations costs for a juvenile detention facility as authorized in this subchapter.  (2) The funds shall be applied for the continuing operations of juvenile detention facilities as authorized in this subchapter together with such other general funds, if any, as may be provided by any governing body individually or in combination with each other, as established for the purposes authorized in this subchapter.    (c) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 12-41-808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 41 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Juvenile Detention Facilities Cooperative Development and Operations Act|§ 12-41-808. Abatement of loan balances

 Any loan balances accrued pursuant to the revolving loan fund account are abated.
AR Code § 12-41-809 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 41 - Local Correctional Facilities|Subchapter 8 - Juvenile Detention Facilities Cooperative Development and Operations Act|§ 12-41-809. Juvenile detention centers or facilities

 (a) Juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities shall operate to provide pretrial detention and short term sanctions as provided for in § 9-27-330.  (b) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services has no obligation to utilize or fund juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities.
AR Code § 12-49-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 1 - Interstate Corrections Compact|§ 12-49-101. Title

 This subchapter may be cited as the “Interstate Corrections Compact”.
AR Code § 12-49-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 1 - Interstate Corrections Compact|§ 12-49-103. Director's powers

 The Director of the Department of Correction is authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular, and he or she may in his or her discretion delegate this authority to other appropriate officials under his or her employ.
AR Code § 12-49-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 2 - South Central Interstate Corrections Compact|§ 12-49-202. When compact effective — Exchange of documents

 (a) When the Governor shall have executed the Compact on behalf of this state and, shall have caused a verified copy thereof to be filed with the Secretary of State, and, when the Compact shall have been ratified by one (1) or more of the states named in § 12-49-201, then the Compact shall become operative and effective as between this state and such other state or states.  (b) The Governor is authorized and directed to take such action as may be necessary to complete the exchange of official documents as between this state and any other state ratifying the Compact.
AR Code § 12-49-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 3 - Bi-State Criminal Justice Center Compact|§ 12-49-301. Text of Bi-State Criminal Justice Center Compact

 SECTION 1   Click to view form.The State of Arkansas hereby relinquishes exclusive jurisdiction over the portion of the plant and facility of the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center which is located within the geographical boundary of the said state.   SECTION 2   Click to view form.The State of Texas hereby relinquishes exclusive jurisdiction over the portion of the plant and facility of the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center which is located within the geographical boundary of the said state.   SECTION 3   Click to view form.The States of Arkansas and Texas hereby recognize the existence of concurrent jurisdiction over the geographical areas of both states which are within the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center.   SECTION 4   Click to view form.The State of Arkansas recognizes that an inmate apprehended and charged in Texas maintains a jurisdictional situs (with Texas) within his person and extending to objects under his control, while incarcerated in the Bi-State facility.   SECTION 5   Click to view form.The State of Texas recognizes that an inmate apprehended and charged in Arkansas maintains a jurisdictional situs (with Arkansas) within his person and extending to objects under his control, while incarcerated in the Bi-State facility.   SECTION 6   Click to view form.The States of Arkansas and Texas mutually agree to refrain from taking custody of any inmate, for an offense committed prior to incarceration in the Bi-State facility, while that inmate is in custody of the other state, except through proper extraditionary proceedings.   SECTION 7   Click to view form.The States of Arkansas and Texas mutually agree to refrain from serving any inmate of the Bi-State facility in the custody of the other state, with civil process relating to a suit arising before incarceration, except in accordance with proper civil procedure statutes.   SECTION 8   Click to view form.The State of Arkansas grants use of its facility to the State of Texas for the purposes of establishing the venue of Bowie County within the concurrent jurisdiction of the facility in courtrooms situated geographically on the Arkansas side.   SECTION 9   Click to view form.The State of Texas grants use of its facility to the State of Arkansas for the purpose of establishing the venue of Miller County within the concurrent jurisdiction of the facility in courtrooms situated geographically on the Texas side.   SECTION 10   Click to view form.This Compact shall come into force and become effective and binding upon the states when it has been enacted into law by both states.
AR Code § 12-50-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-101. Title

 This chapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the “Corrections Cooperative Endeavors and Private Management Act”.
AR Code § 12-50-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-102. Legislative determination

 (a) The General Assembly finds that adequate and modern prison facilities are essential to the safety and welfare of the people of this state.  (b) It is legislatively determined that adequate and modern prison facilities need to be made available and that a feasible and economic way of financing, constructing, acquiring, and operating prison facilities is by authorizing cooperative endeavors and private management under the authority of this chapter.
AR Code § 12-50-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-103. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Board” means the Board of Corrections;  (2) “Bond” or “bonds” means all bonds, notes, certificates, or other instruments or evidences of indebtedness issued by the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to finance prison facilities;  (3) “Correctional services” means the following functions, services, and activities when provided within a prison or otherwise:  (A) The operation of facilities, including management, custody of inmates, and providing security;  (B) Food services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation, or other ancillary services;  (C) Development and implementation assistance for classification, management, information systems, or other information systems or services;  (D) Education, training, and jobs programs; and  (E) Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs;    (4) “Department” means the Department of Correction;  (5) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Correction;  (6) “Governing body” means:  (A) The city council or board of directors or comparable body for a city;  (B) The town council or board of directors or comparable body for a town; or  (C) The quorum court for a county;    (7) “Local facilities” means those correctional facilities that are under the jurisdiction of a political subdivision;  (8) “Political subdivision” means a city of any class, a town, or a county;  (9) “Prison”, “facility”, or “prison facility” means any institution operated by or under the authority of the department or a political subdivision, public facilities board, redevelopment district, county sheriff, or chief of police and includes, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means, any physical betterment or improvement related to the housing of inmates or any preliminary plans, studies, or surveys relative thereto; land or rights to land; and any furnishings, machines, vehicles, apparatus, or equipment for use in connection with any prison facility;  (10) “Prison contractor” or “contractor” means any entity entering a contractual agreement to provide any correctional services to inmates under the custody of the state or a political subdivision, public facilities board, or redevelopment district;  (11) “Private correctional facility” means any prison, facility, or prison facility in which correctional services for inmates are provided by a prison contractor or contractor;  (12) “State” means the State of Arkansas; and  (13) “State facilities” means those correctional facilities that are under the jurisdiction of the department.
AR Code § 12-50-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-104. Construction

 (a)  (1) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent and purposes thereof and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of those purposes.  (2) To this end, it shall not be necessary to comply with general provisions of other laws dealing with public commodities and public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition, if the Board of Corrections and the regional corrections commission shall comply with § 12-50-106.    (b) The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.
AR Code § 12-50-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-105. Regional correctional commissions

 (a) Political subdivisions may individually, or in combination with each other, contract with the state through the Division of Correction or with prison contractors for the financing, acquisition, construction, and operation of facilities for the housing of inmates.  (b)  (1) In the event two (2) or more counties jointly enter into an agreement with the state or with a prison contractor, they shall form a regional corrections commission, which shall be composed of the county judge of each county or his or her or her designee.  (2) In the case of a commission having an even number of parties, the appointed representatives of the parties to the commission shall select an additional person, who is acceptable to all representatives to the commission, to serve on the commission.  (3) The members of the commission shall serve terms of three (3) years' duration, shall be eligible for reappointment, and may be removed only for cause by the quorum court of the county which they represent.  (4) In the event of a vacancy other than by expiration of term, the vacancy shall be filled by the governing body of the county of the representative unable to complete his or her term.    (c)  (1) In the event that any city or town, with or without one (1) or more counties, enters into an agreement with the state or with a prison contractor, the chief executive officer of each city or town or his or her designee shall serve on the commission.  (2) In the case of a commission having an even number of parties, the appointed representatives of the parties to the commission shall select an additional person, who is acceptable to all other members of the commission, to serve on the commission.  (3) The members of the commission shall serve terms of three (3) years' duration, shall be eligible for reappointment, and may be removed only for cause by the governing body of the city or town which they represent.  (4) In the event of a vacancy other than by expiration of term, the vacancy shall be filled by the governing body of the political subdivision of the representative unable to complete his or her term.    (d) In any contract for correctional services entered into pursuant to this chapter by a regional corrections commission, the commission members shall submit to the governing body of each political subdivision for approval the following contract terms:  (1) The fee to be paid by each political subdivision;  (2) The minimum financial guarantees of each political subdivision; and  (3) The method of billing.
AR Code § 12-50-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-107. Authority of security employees — Applicability of criminal laws

 (a) Security employees of a prison contractor shall be allowed to use force and shall be licensed pursuant to the Private Security Agency, Private Investigator, and School Security Licensing and Credentialing Act, § 17-40-101 et seq. The security employees shall exercise their powers and authority only while:  (1) On the grounds of an institution under the supervision of the prison contractor;  (2) Transporting inmates; and  (3) Pursuing escapees from the institution.    (b) The provisions of § 5-54-101 et seq. and § 12-29-109 shall apply to offenses committed by or with regard to inmates assigned to facilities or programs for which a prison contractor is providing correctional services.
AR Code § 12-50-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-108. Nondelegable responsibilities

 No contract for correctional services shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of authority or responsibility of the Director of the Department of Correction or the county sheriff of any county or the police chief of any city or town to a prison contractor for any of the following:   (1) Developing and implementing procedures for calculating inmate release and parole eligibility dates;  (2) Developing and implementing procedures for calculating and awarding sentence credits;  (3) Approving inmates for furlough and work release;  (4) Approving the type of work inmates may perform and the wages or sentence credits which may be given the inmates engaging in that work; and  (5) Granting, denying, or revoking sentence credits.
AR Code § 12-50-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-109. Financing — Contracts with Arkansas Development Finance Authority

 (a)  (1) The Board of Corrections and any regional corrections commission may cooperate and contract with the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to provide for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, and trustee's and paying agent's fees in connection with bonds issued to finance the acquisition, construction, and operation of prison facilities authorized under this chapter to be secured by a lien on and pledge of one (1) or more of the following:  (A) All revenues derived from payments to be made by the Division of Correction for the housing of prisoners;  (B) All revenues derived from payments to be made by political subdivisions for the housing of prisoners; or  (C) Any other revenues authorized by the General Assembly or the governing body of any political subdivision.    (2)  (A) Any documents relating to a pledge under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall state that the pledge is subject to annual appropriation by the governing body or annual appropriation of the General Assembly, respectively.  (B) It is not necessary to the perfection of the lien and pledge for those purposes that the trustee in connection with the bond issue or the holders of the bonds take possession of the collateral security.      (b) In addition to any other approved method of financing, counties may utilize the provisions of the County Jail Revenue Bond Act of 1981, § 12-41-601 et seq., as a permissible means of financing correctional facilities to be used pursuant to the contracts entered into under the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 12-50-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-110. Hiring preference

 State and political subdivision employees whose employment becomes subject to a contract with a private prison contractor shall be given a hiring preference for available positions for which they qualify by the private prison contractor.
AR Code § 12-50-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs|Chapter 49 - Interstate Compacts|Subchapter 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact [Transferred]|§ 12-50-111. Private correctional facilities

 (a)  (1) No private correctional facility in which inmates committed to the Division of Correction, out-of-state inmates, or federal inmates are to be housed shall be constructed nor shall any facility be renovated for the purpose of creating a private correctional facility in which inmates committed to the division, out-of-state inmates, or federal inmates are to be housed within the state without review and approval by the Board of Corrections and review and approval by the Legislative Council.  (2) Review of requests for construction at a minimum shall include:  (A) Consideration of the location, design, security level, and financing of the facility; and  (B) The nature of the inmates to be housed in the facility.      (b)  (1) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, no facility located within this state, except a facility operated by the United States Bureau of Prisons, may house out-of-state or federal inmates without approval of the board.  (2) Review of requests to house such inmates may include, among other factors, consideration of the design and security level of the facility and the nature of the inmates to be housed in the facility.  (3) Approval must be obtained at least annually.    (c)  (1)  (A) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, no facility located within this state, except a facility operated by the United States Bureau of Prisons, may house out-of-state or federal inmates unless the board has certified that the state does not need some or all of the capacity of the facility for state inmates.  (B) Such certification shall be obtained at least annually.    (2) The board shall also certify the custody levels of any facility housing out-of-state or federal inmates.    (d) The board, in its discretion, may declare an emergency and waive the provisions of subsection (a) of this section to make use of available space for housing state inmates.  (e) Subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the temporary detention in this state of any out-of-state or federal inmate transported to this state for the purpose of appearing in court or any suspected alien detained by authority of the United States Department of Homeland Security, nor shall subsections (b) and (c) of this section be construed to alter or affect the operation of any interstate compact or agreement between this state or any other state or the federal government regarding the detention and housing of inmates.