SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1432

    Amendment No.    

                            CHAMBER ACTION
              Senate                               House
                                   .
                                   .
 1                                 .
                                   .
 2                                 .
                                   .
 3                                 .
                                   .
 4                                                                

 5

 6

 7

 8

 9

10                                                                

11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment:

12

13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, before line 1,

15

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, prior to employment at the facility, complete a

28  training curriculum that meets or exceeds the current training

29  standards for a correctional officer employed by the state.

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

31  requirements of sections 943.135 and 943.1395, Florida

                                  1
    3:14 PM   05/03/00                                s1432c-10203




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1432

    Amendment No.    





 1  Statutes, the employees of such privately operated facility

 2  may use necessary force and make arrests in a manner

 3  consistent with the authority granted to employees of state

 4  correctional facilities under state law to use force and make

 5  arrests.

 6

 7  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

 8

 9

10  ================ T I T L E   A M E N D M E N T ===============

11  And the title is amended as follows:

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

13

14  insert:

15         prohibiting a private person or entity from

16         operating a private correctional facility for

17         the exclusive housing of federal inmates unless

18         the facility is approved by resolution of the

19         local governing authority the supervisory staff

20         complies with certain training requirements;

21         authorizing employees of such facility to use

22         necessary force and make arrests consistent

23         with state law;

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  2
    3:14 PM   05/03/00                                s1432c-10203