SB6 Alabama 2021 1st Special Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority is authorized to issue bonds for prison construction purposes

This bill would allow the authority to issue additional bonds in an amount not to exceed $785 million, as necessary, to implement a prison modernization plan in a phased approach that would construct new prison facilities for Department of Corrections through the construction of a new specialized men's prison facility on state-owned land in Elmore County that would provide enhanced medical, mental, and other health care services and other services as determined by the department; the construction of a new prison facility for male inmates on state-owned land in Escambia County; the construction of a new women's prison facility on state-owned land in Elmore County; and the renovation and improvement of existing state-owned prison facilities in Jefferson County, Limestone County, Barbour County, and Bullock County

Relating to the finance and construction and renovation of prisons; to amend Sections 14-2-1, 14-2-6, 14-2-12, 14-2-13.1, 14-2-14, 14-2-16, 14-2-19, 14-2-21, and 14-2-28, Code of Alabama 1975, to allow the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $785 million for the purpose of implementing a prison modernization plan in a phased approach that would replace existing bed space in Department of Corrections facilities through the construction of a new specialized men's prison facility on state-owned land in Elmore County providing specialized services to inmates; the construction of a new prison facility for male inmates on state-owned land in Escambia County; the construction of a new women's prison facility on state-owned land in Elmore County; the renovation and improvement of existing state-owned prison facilities in certain counties; to define certain terms; to revise the membership of the authority; to require reporting to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee; to further provide for actions to be taken upon payment of all bonds issued by the authority; and to create the Alabama Corrections Capital Improvement Fund and the Corrections Facilities Maintenance Fund.