05/06/2004 09:00 AM House FIN

CS SB 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.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
          SB 65 was SCHEDULED but not HEARD.