2004-05-01                     Senate Journal                      Page 3228
SB 65                                                                                             
Senators Gary Stevens, Dyson, Cowdery, Bunde, Stedman, Davis,                                       
Lincoln moved and asked unanimous consent to be shown as                                            
cosponsors on CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 65(FIN) am "An Act                                             
relating to the qualifications of correctional officers, parole officers,                           
and probation officers; authorizing the Department of Corrections to                                
enter into lease-purchase agreements with municipalities for new or                                 
expanded public correctional facilities in the Fairbanks North Star                                 
Borough, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Bethel, the Municipality of                                 
Anchorage, and the City of 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."                               
Without objection, it was so ordered.