HOUSE BILL NO. 292
INTRODUCED BY STAHL
AN ACT ALLOWING A COUNTY TO ENTER INTO LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 20 YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING, AND PURCHASING OF A DETENTION CENTER AND TO LEASE COUNTY PROPERTY USED FOR A DETENTION CENTER FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 30 YEARS; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-8-2231 AND 7-32-2201, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
AN ACT ALLOWING A COUNTY TO ENTER INTO LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 20 YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING, AND PURCHASING OF A DETENTION CENTER AND TO LEASE COUNTY PROPERTY USED FOR A DETENTION CENTER FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 30 YEARS; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-8-2231 AND 7-32-2201, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 7-8-2231, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-8-2231. Authorization to lease county property. (1) The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power, under such limitations and restrictions as that are prescribed by law, to lease and demise transfer county property, however acquired, which that is not necessary to the conduct of the county's business or the preservation of county property and for which immediate sale cannot be had. Such The leases shall must be made in such a manner and for such purposes as that, in the judgment of the board, shall seem are best suited to advance the public benefit and welfare.
(2) Except as provided in 7-8-2233 and 7-32-2201(5):
(a) all such property must be leased subject to sale by the board; and
(b) no a lease shall may not be for a period to exceed 10 years."
Section 2. Section 7-32-2201, MCA, is amended to read:
"7-32-2201. Establishing detention center -- detention center contract -- regional detention center -- authority for county to lease its property for detention center. For the confinement of lawfully committed persons, the governing body of a county may participate in or undertake one or more of the following:
(1) A detention center may be built or provided and kept in good repair at the expense of the county in each county, except that whenever in the discretion of the governing body of two or more local governments it is necessary or desirable to build, provide, or utilize use a multijurisdictional detention center, they may do so in any of the jurisdictions concerned. The multijurisdictional detention center shall must be built or provided and kept in good repair at the expense of the local governments concerned on a basis as the governing bodies agree.
(2) A county or two or more local governments acting together may provide for the detention center allowed by subsection (1) by:
(a) establishing in the county government the position of detention center administrator and hiring a person, who is answerable to the governing body of the county, to fill the position or appointing the sheriff as detention center administrator; or
(b) entering into an agreement with a private party under which the private party will provide, maintain, or operate the detention center.
(3) The detention centers in this state are kept by the detention center administrators of the local governments in which they are situated. In the case of a multijurisdictional detention center as provided in subsection (1), the detention center shall must be kept by the local governments utilizing using the detention center on a basis as the governing bodies agree.
(4) The board of county commissioners has jurisdiction and power, under such limitations and restrictions as that are prescribed by law, to cause a detention center to be erected, furnished, maintained, and operated. The costs must be paid for out of the county treasury.
(5) The board of county commissioners has the power to lease to any person or entity any real or personal property of the county necessary or appropriate for use as a detention center. A lease entered into under this section must be for a period not to exceed 30 years and may not be limited by 7-8-2231.
(6) A county or two or more local governments acting together may enter into a lease-purchase agreement with a person or entity for a period not to exceed 20 years for the construction, furnishing, and purchasing of a detention center."
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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