1997-04-04                     House Journal                      Page 0985
HB 53                                                                        
The Judiciary Committee has considered:                                        
                                                                               
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.                                
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 53(JUD)                                                 
(same title)                                                                  
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representative Green, Chair, with the                 
following individual recommendations:                                          
                                                                               
Do not pass (2):  Croft, Berkowitz                                             
                                                                               
No recommendation (4):  Green, James, Bunde, Porter                            
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 53(JUD):                              
                                                                               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Revenue, 4/4/97                                          
Fiscal note, Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities, 4/4/97               
Fiscal note, Dept. of Corrections, 4/4/97                                      
Zero fiscal note, Dept. of Administration, 4/4/97                              
                                                                               
HB 53 was referred to the Finance Committee.