SB 5184 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Finds that certain state-owned facilities provide benefits to local communities but also impose a financial burden on the cities and towns responsible for providing law enforcement services to those state facilities. Residents, patients, and staff are part of the communities in which these facilities are located.

Endeavors to establish a process whereby cities and towns can enter into law enforcement contracts with the department of social and health services to partially defray the jurisdiction's law enforcement costs associated with providing these services.