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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

    Amendment No. ac (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Murman offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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

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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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                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

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 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

31         house and rehabilitate certain sexual

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                                                  Bill No. HB 2125

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 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

 7         contractor with respect to financing of the

 8         project; providing authority of the state to

 9         enter into certain agreements; providing for

10         termination of a specified program upon

11         completion of the facility;

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