2002-05-01                     Senate Journal                      Page 3065
HB 498                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 498(FIN) am BY THE HOUSE                                                      
FINANCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                        
                                                                                                    
          "An Act expressing legislative intent regarding                                           
          privately operated correctional facility space and                                        
          services; relating to the development and financing of                                    
          privately operated correctional facility space and                                        
          services; authorizing the Department of Corrections                                       
          to enter into an agreement for the confinement and                                        
          care of prisoners in privately operated correctional                                      
          facility space in the City of Whittier; giving notice of                                  
          and approving the entry into and the issuance of                                          
          certificates of participation for the upgrade,                                            
          expansion, and replacement of a certain correctional                                      
          facility in the City of Bethel; giving notice of and                                      
          approving the entry into lease-financing agreements                                       
          for that project; and providing for an effective date."                                   
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.