REFERENCE TITLE: auditor general; audit; prison spending

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019

HB 2745

Introduced by Representatives Bolding: Salman

 

AN ACT

 

providing for a special audit of the state department of corrections by the auditor general.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Auditor general; review of prison spending and private prisons; report; delayed repeal

A.  Pursuant to section 41‑1279.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, the auditor general shall perform a special audit to examine and evaluate the state department of correction's expenditures for fiscal years 2012-2013 through 2017-2018.  The audit shall evaluate all of the contracts that the state department of corrections entered into during the requested time period and all other expenditures.  At a minimum, the special audit shall include the following areas:

1.  Monies spent on security.

2.  Monies spent on inmate programs and services.

3.  Monies spent on facility safety and sanitation.

4.  The cost of administering the department.

5.  Monies spent on food service.

6.  Monies spent on personnel practices and training.

7.  Monies spent on inmate health services.

8.  Monies spent on private prison contracts.

B.  On or before December 31, 2019, the auditor general shall submit its report of the special audit, including specific recommendations on where the monies are being spent and which contracts provide the most benefits to the department, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the governor and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

C.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2020.