75-52,146. Comprehensive plan for prison expansion, specialized facilities and training academy. (a) The secretary of corrections shall develop a comprehensive plan for the expansion of maximum, medium and minimum security prison capacity, for specialized facilities and for a training academy. In developing such plan, the secretary shall engage in discussions with local units of government in jurisdictions in which department of corrections facilities are situated. The secretary shall present such plan to the legislature not later than February 1, 2005.

(b) The secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with Woodson County, or with any municipality within Woodson County, in preparation for the expansion of the minimum security correctional facility at Toronto to house additional medium or minimum security male inmates or for the development of related correctional facilities in Woodson County.

(c) The secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with Rooks County, or with any municipality within Rooks County, in preparation for the expansion of the minimum security correctional facility at Stockton to house additional medium or minimum security male inmates or for the development of related correctional facilities in Rooks County.

(d) In carrying out duties under this section, the secretary shall coordinate with the Kansas criminal justice recodification, rehabilitation and restoration project committee and with the Kansas sentencing commission.

History: L. 2004, ch. 92, § 2; Apr. 22.