This bill will be known as the Alabama Prison Transformation Initiative Act.
This bill would provide for the construction of four modern, efficient prison facilities to reduce overcrowding, to improve safety conditions for corrections officers, to allow for additional inmate re-entry programs and to improve operational practices and procedures.
This bill would require increased reporting to the Joint Legislative Prison Committee.
Under existing law, the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority is authorized to issue bonds for prison construction purposes. The Authority is required to construct facilities using plans and specifications of architects or engineers, or both.
This bill would also allow the Authority to construct women's and regional prison facilities using various types of construction agreements.
This bill would allow the Authority to issue additional bonds with no specified maturity date later than 30 years for the purpose of financing women's and regional prison facilities, for the renovation of existing prison facilities, and for demolition of obsolete prison facilities.
This bill would also provide for disposing of property not required for use by the Department of Corrections and further provide for actions to be taken upon payment of all bonds issued by the Authority.
This bill would provide for the pledge of the proceeds of the one mill tax levied by Section 40-8-3 to secure the Authority's bonds and amend Section 38-4-12 relating to the application of the one mill tax.
Source: Alabama Legislature