(1) Contracts for the confinement and maintenance of state inmates in private contract facilities or facilities operated by a political subdivision of the state entered into pursuant to this article shall be at rates that are negotiated by the department; except that the rate shall not exceed the maximum rate that is provided in the annual general appropriation bill.
(2) Repealed.
Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1149, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 375, § 1, effective April 10.
Editor's note: Subsection (2)(d) provided for the repeal of subsection (2), effective June 30, 2009. (See L. 2008, p. 375.)