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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2192, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Burt moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18         Section 28.  The Criminal Justice Estimating

19  Conference, created under chapter 216, Florida Statutes, shall

20  continually develop official information relating to the

21  number of eligible discharges and the projected number of

22  civil commitments pursuant to the civil proceedings provided

23  in the Jimmy Ryce Act of 1998 under part V of chapter 394,

24  Florida Statutes. Upon determination by the estimating

25  conference that the projected estimates of sexual predators

26  will exceed the current budgeted program capacity, the

27  Department of Children and Family Services shall conduct a

28  study of the program workload requirements through June 30,

29  2004, and make recommendations to the Executive Office of the

30  Governor pertaining to the facility, staffing, and program

31  service needs that will comply with the statutory provisions

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2192, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  of part V of chapter 394, Florida Statutes. The Governor shall

 2  determine the resources required to ensure public safety and,

 3  if justified, shall direct the Department of Children and

 4  Family Services to immediately contract with the Correctional

 5  Privatization Commission, created under chapter 957, Florida

 6  Statutes, to develop and issue a request for proposals for the

 7  financing, designing, constructing, acquiring, owning,

 8  leasing, and operating of a treatment facility, to be called

 9  the Jimmy Ryce Treatment Facility, to house and rehabilitate

10  individuals committed pursuant to the provisions in part V of

11  chapter 394, Florida Statutes. The Department and the

12  Commission shall jointly determine the feasibility of using an

13  existing privately owned or state-owned facility prior to the

14  issuance of any requests for proposals. If a determination is

15  made that a new facility is necessary, the facility shall be

16  designed with an initial capacity to address the workload

17  projections developed by the estimating conference, including

18  individuals who are in detention status and awaiting judicial

19  proceedings. The facility shall also be designed with

20  expansion capabilities to serve additional individuals

21  committed under the Jimmy Ryce Act of 1998. In order to avoid

22  releases of sexual predators into the community due to a lack

23  of capacity, and if a determination is made that a new

24  facility is necessary, the Department and the Commission shall

25  enter into contracts as soon as practicable with a private

26  provider for the financing, designing, constructing,

27  acquiring, owning, leasing, and operating of the Jimmy Ryce

28  Treatment Facility. The operations contract shall be for an

29  initial period of three years with options to renew. The

30  Commission may provide contract monitoring and auditing of the

31  operation of the facility by the contractor in accordance with

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2192, 1st Eng.

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 1  standards established by the Department of Children and Family

 2  Services. The Commission shall invite proposers to present

 3  various financing options in their proposals and shall

 4  determine which financing mechanism is in the best interests

 5  of the state. The selected contractor is authorized to enter

 6  into a lease arrangement or other private financing, or to

 7  sponsor the issuance of tax exempt bonds, certificates of

 8  participation, or other public or private means to finance the

 9  project. The state is authorized to enter into all such

10  agreements as are necessary including lease alternatives to

11  bring this project to operational and lease commencement.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 3, lines 16 through 26, delete those lines

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19         the Criminal Justice Estimating Conference to

20         continually develop official projections

21         relating to the number of discharges and

22         commitments; requiring the Department of

23         Children and Family Services to conduct a study

24         of workload and make recommendations to the

25         Governor; providing for the Governor to

26         determine necessary resources and direct the

27         Department of Children and Family Services to

28         immediately contract with the Correctional

29         Privatization Commission to develop and issue a

30         request for proposals for a facility to house

31         and rehabilitate persons detained or committed

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1         under the act if a new facility is needed;

 2         providing for an initial contract period;

 3         authorizing the Commission to provide contract

 4         monitoring and auditing of the facility;

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