CS/SB 167 PURCHASE NE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Sen Pat Woods

Actions: [2] SCC/SJC/SFC-SCC [3]germane-SJC [6] DNP-CS/DP-SFC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 Senate Bill 167 (SB 167) appropriates fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) to purchase the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility located in Union County and owned by the Town of Clayton. 

 Senate Bill 167 (SB 167) appropriates fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) from the General Fund (GF) to the Facilities Management Division of the General Services Department (GSA) for expenditure in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to purchase the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility located in Union County and owned by the Town of Clayton for a price equal to its appraised value.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2025 reverts to the GF.
 

 The Northeast New Mexico Detention Facility (NENMDF) is a 179,624 square-foot private prison located on 15 acres, 4 miles southeast of Clayton, NM. The facility is located approximately one mile down Dr. Michael Jenkins Road from either Highway 87 (Texas Highway) or Highway 56/64 (Oklahoma Highway). Construction of the facility began in 2007 and the facility received its first inmate in August 2008. The Town of Clayton owns this Level III designated facility and the GEO Group, Inc operates it for male offenders.https://photos.cd.nm.gov/apd/nenmdf.html
 

 2/1/2024
The Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a committee substitute for SB 167 (SJC CS/SB 167) that appropriates fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) from the General Fund (GF) to the Facilities Management Division of the General Services Department (GSA) for expenditure in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to purchase the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility located in Union County and owned by the Town of Clayton for a price equal to its appraised value  contingent on the facility not entering into an intergovernmental agreement with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2025 reverts to the GF.