2004-05-10                     House Journal                      Page 4183
    Seward; relating to the development and financing of privately                                  
    operated correctional facility space and services; authorizing the                              
    Department of Corrections to enter into a lease-purchase                                        
    agreement with the City of Whittier for the confinement and care                                
    of prisoners in privately operated correctional facility space if the                           
    state cannot provide the same level of services required in state                               
    law or regulation for the same or less cost; giving notice of and                               
    approving, and authorizing the entry into and issuance of                                       
    certificates of participation for, the upgrade, expansion, and                                  
    replacement of certain jails in Dillingham and Kodiak; and                                      
    providing for an effective date."                                                               
                                                                                                    
Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that HCS                                     
CSSB 65(FIN) be returned to second reading for the specific purpose                                 
of considering Amendment No. 3.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                               
HCS CSSB 65(FIN) was returned to second reading.                                                    
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representative Croft:                                                
                                                                                                    
Page 4, lines 27 - 31:                                                                              
 Delete "In an agreement with the City of Whittier, the                                             
commissioner of corrections shall require that the city procure one or                              
more private third-party operators through a competitive bid process.                               
The City of Whittier shall follow state procurement procedures for                                  
procurement of land, design, construction, and operation of a facility."                            
                                                                                                    
Page 4, line 31, following "shall":                                                                 
 Insert "select the third-party contractor under the procedures                                     
established in AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code), other than                                        
AS 36.30.300, to construct and operate the facility by providing                                    
custody, care, and discipline services similar to those required by the                             
laws of the state for persons held by the commissioner under the                                    
authority of state law and shall"                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Representative Croft moved and asked unanimous consent that                                         
Amendment No. 3 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Hawker objected.