1997-02-21                     House Journal                      Page 0428
HB 53                                                                        
The Speaker waived the State Affairs Committee referral for the                
following at the request of Representative James, Chair:                       
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 53                                                             
An Act relating to the authority of the Department of Corrections             
to contract for facilities for the confinement and care of prisoners,          
and annulling a regulation of the Department of Corrections that               
limits the purposes for which an agreement with a private agency               
may be entered into; authorizing an agreement by which the                     
Department of Corrections may, for the benefit of the state, enter             
into one lease of, or similar agreement to use, space within a                 
correctional facility that is operated by a private contractor, and            
setting conditions on the operation of the correctional facility               
affected by the lease or use agreement; and giving notice of and               
approving a lease-purchase agreement or similar use-purchase                   
agreement for the design, construction, and operation of a                     
correctional facility, and setting conditions and limitations on the           
facility's design, construction, and operation.                                
                                                                               
HB 53 was removed from the State Affairs Committee and referred to             
the Judiciary Committee.