SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1432

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, before line 1,

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16  insert:

17         Section 6.  (1)  A private person or private entity may

18  not develop or operate a private correctional or detention

19  facility for the exclusive housing of federal inmates or

20  detainees, unless:

21         (a)  The location, intended use, and description of the

22  facility has been approved by resolution of the governing

23  authority of the local governmental entity in which the

24  facility is to be located, after public notice and a meeting

25  held in accordance with applicable law; and

26         (b)  All correctional officers and security supervisory

27  staff must meet the training standards for a correctional

28  officer employed by the state pursuant to chapter 943, Florida

29  Statutes.

30         (2)  If a private person or private entity meets the

31  requirements of sections 943.135 and 943.1395, Florida

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1432

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 1  Statutes, the employees of such privately operated facility

 2  may use necessary force and detain in a manner consistent with

 3  the authority granted to employees of state correctional

 4  facilities under state law to use force and detain.

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 6  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, line 23, after the second semicolon,

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14         prohibiting a private person or entity from

15         operating a private correctional facility for

16         the exclusive housing of federal inmates unless

17         the facility is approved by resolution of the

18         local governing authority the supervisory staff

19         complies with certain training requirements;

20         authorizing employees of such facility to use

21         necessary force and detain consistent with

22         state law;

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