03/07/1997 01:08 PM House JUD

 * HOUSE BILL NO. 53                                                           
 "An Act relating to the authority of the Department of Corrections            
 to contract for facilities for the confinement and care of                    
 prisoners, and annulling a regulation of the Department of                    
 Corrections that limits the purposes for which an agreement with a            
 private agency may be entered into; authorizing an agreement by               
 which the Department of Corrections may, for the benefit of the               
 state, enter into one lease of, or similar agreement to use, space            
 within a correctional facility that is operated by a private                  
 contractor, and setting conditions on the operation of the                    
 correctional facility affected by the lease or use agreement; and             
 giving notice of and approving a lease-purchase agreement or                  
 similar use-purchase agreement for the design, construction, and              
 operation of a correctional facility, and setting conditions and              
 limitations on the facility's design, construction, and operation."           
                                                                               
      - BILL HEARING POSTPONED                                                 
                                                                               
 (* First public hearing)