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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2125
Amendment No. ac (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Murman offered the following:
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18 (1) The Correctional Privatization Commission
19 created under chapter 957, Florida Statutes, in consultation
20 with the Department of Children and Family Services, shall
21 develop and issue a request for proposal for the financing,
22 design, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and
23 operation of a secure facility of at least 400 beds to house
24 and rehabilitate sexual predators committed under the Jimmy
25 Ryce Act of 1998. The Secretary of the Department of Children
26 and Families shall retain final approval of the request for
27 proposal, the successful bidder, and the contract.
28 (2) This constitutes specific legislative
29 authorization for the Correctional Privatization Commission to
30 enter into a contract with a provider for the financing,
31 design, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2125
Amendment No. ac (for drafter's use only)
1 operation of a secure facility to house and rehabilitate
2 sexual predators to be constructed in DeSoto County, Florida.
3 (3) The selected contractor for the financing, design,
4 construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing and operation of
5 the secure facility is authorized to enter into a lease
6 arrangement or other private financing, or to sponsor the
7 issuance of tax exempt bonds, certificates of participation,
8 or other public or private means to finance the facility. The
9 state is authorized to enter into all such agreements as are
10 necessary, including lease alternatives, to bring the facility
11 to an operational state and to commence leasing of the
12 facility.
13 (4) Upon completion of the sexual predator secure
14 treatment facility in DeSoto County, the Martin Sexually
15 Violent Predator Treatment and Retaining Program shall be
16 phased out, to be terminated within 1 year of completion of
17 the facility.
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
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25 requiring the Correctional Privatization
26 Commission in consultation with the Department
27 of Children and Families to issue a request for
28 proposal for the financing, design,
29 construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing,
30 and operation of a specified secure facility to
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 2125
Amendment No. ac (for drafter's use only)
1 predators; authorizing the secretary of the
2 Department of Children and Families to approve
3 the request for proposal, the successful
4 bidder, and the contract; providing authority
5 for the commission to enter into a contract
6 with a provider; providing authority of the
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8 project; providing authority of the state to
9 enter into certain agreements; providing for
10 termination of a specified program upon
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