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SB 65                                                                                             
Message dated May 10 was read, stating the House passed and                                         
returned for consideration 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" with the following amendment:                                  
                                                                                                    
                      HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO.                                          
            65(FIN)                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Senator Ben Stevens moved that the Senate concur in the House                                       
amendment.                                                                                          
                                                                                                    
The question being: "Shall the Senate concur in the House                                           
amendment?" The roll was taken with the following result:                                           
                                                                                                    
HCS CSSB 65(FIN)                                                                                    
Shall the Senate Concur in the House                                                                
Amendment to CSSB 65(FIN) am? Effective Date                                                        
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  20   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Bunde, Cowdery, Davis, Dyson, Ellis, Elton, French, Green,                                   
Guess, Hoffman, Lincoln, Ogan, Olson, Seekins, Stedman, Stevens B,                                  
Stevens G, Therriault, Wagoner, Wilken                                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

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and so, the Senate concurred in the House amendment, thus adopting                                  
HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 65(FIN) "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."                               
                                                                                                    
Senator Ben Stevens moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                      
vote on concurrence be considered the vote on the effective date                                    
clause. Without objection, it was so ordered.                                                       
                                                                                                    
The Secretary was requested to notify the House.                                                    
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Secretary for enrollment.