Senate Bill 1946

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1946

    By Senator Silver





    38-1390-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to correctional work programs;

  3         amending s. 946.516, F.S.; revising the date on

  4         which the corporation that operates the

  5         correctional work programs is required to file

  6         a report on the status of the programs with the

  7         Governor and Legislature; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 946.516, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         946.516  Report to Governor, Legislature, and Auditor

15  General by the corporation; Department of Corrections report;

16  annual financial audit.--

17         (1)  The corporation shall submit to the Governor and

18  the Legislature, on or before July January 1 of each year, a

19  report on the status of the correctional work programs,

20  including, but not limited to, the proposed use of the profits

21  from such programs, a breakdown of the amount of noninmate

22  labor used, work subcontracted to other vendors, use of

23  consultants, finished goods purchased for resale, and the

24  number of inmates working in the correctional work programs at

25  the time of such report.  In addition, the corporation shall

26  submit to the department, the Governor, the Legislature, and

27  the Auditor General an annual financial audit report and such

28  other information as may be requested by the Legislature,

29  together with recommendations relating to provisions for

30  reasonable tax incentives to private enterprises which employ

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1946
    38-1390-00




  1  inmates, parolees, or former inmates who have participated in

  2  correctional work programs.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

  7    Requires that the corporation operating correctional work
      programs report to the Governor and Legislature on the
  8    status of the programs on or before July 1 of each year
      rather than on or before January 1.
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