SENATE BILL NO. 179 "An Act authorizing the Department of Corrections, for the benefit of the state, to enter into an agreement to use space within a correctional facility in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough that is built, owned, and operated by a private contractor, and setting conditions on the operation of the correctional facility affected by the use agreement; and authorizing the Department of Corrections, for the benefit of the state, to enter into an agreement with the City of Seward to use space within a correctional facility that is built, owned, and operated by a private contractor, and setting conditions on the operation of the correctional facility affected by the use agreement." Co-chair Sharp assigned SB 179 to a subcommittee. Subcommittee members appointed were Senator Torgerson, chair; Senator Parnell; Senator Adams.