A. An out-of-state inmate shall not be incarcerated in a privately operated correctional facility in New Mexico unless the privately operated correctional facility is designed to meet or exceed the appropriate classification level for the out-of-state inmate.
B. The operator of a privately operated correctional facility that houses out-of-state inmates shall pay a fee, on a quarterly basis, to the county in which the privately operated correctional facility is located. The amount of the fee shall be a minimum of two dollars ($2.00) per inmate per day for each out-of-state inmate who is incarcerated in the privately operated correctional facility.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 169, § 4; 2003, ch. 64, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection B, substituted "two dollars ($2.00)" for "seventy-five cents ($0.75)" following "minimum of" in the second sentence.