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11  Representative(s) Murman offered the following:

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13         Substitute Amendment to Amendment (865355) (with title

14  amendment) 

15         On page 76, between lines 7 and 8, of the bill

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18         Section 48.  Sexual predators secure facility.--

19         (1)  The Correctional Privatization Commission created

20  under chapter 957, Florida Statutes, in consultation with the

21  Department of Children and Family Services, shall develop and

22  issue a request for proposal for the financing, design,

23  construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and operation

24  of a secure facility of at least 400 beds to house and

25  rehabilitate sexual predators committed under the Jimmy Ryce

26  Act of 1998. This proviso constitutes specific legislative

27  authorization for the Correctional Privatization Commission to

28  enter into a contract with a provider for the financing,

29  design, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and

30  operation of a secure facility to house and rehabilitate

31  sexual predators to be constructed in Desoto County, Florida.

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 1         (2)  The selected contractor is authorized to enter

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

 3  sponsor the issuance of tax exempt bonds, certificates of

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

 5  facility. The state is authorized to enter into all such

 6  agreements as are necessary, including lease alternatives, to

 7  bring the facility to an operational state and to commence

 8  leasing of the facility.

 9         (3)  Upon completion of the sexual predator secure

10  treatment facility in Desoto County, the Martin Sexually

11  Violent Predator Treatment and Retaining Program shall be

12  phased out, to be terminated within 1 year of completion of

13  the facility.

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 4, line 1, of the bill

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21         requiring the Correctional Privatization

22         Commission to issue a request for proposal for

23         the financing, design, construction,

24         acquisition, ownership, leasing, and operation

25         of a specified secure facility to house and

26         rehabilitate certain sexual predators;

27         providing authority for the commission to enter

28         into a contract with a provider; providing

29         authority of the contractor with respect to

30         financing of the project; providing authority

31         of the state to enter into certain agreements;

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