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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 45.  (1)  The Correctional Privatization

18  Commission created under chapter 957, Florida Statutes, in

19  consultation with the Department of Children and Family

20  Services, shall develop and issue a request for proposal for

21  the financing, design, construction, acquisition, ownership,

22  leasing, and operation of a secure facility of at least 400

23  beds to house and rehabilitate sexual predators committed

24  under the Jimmy Ryce Act of 1998. The Secretary of Children

25  and Family Services shall retain final approval of the request

26  for proposal, the successful bidder, and the contract.

27         (2)  This constitutes specific legislative

28  authorization for the Correctional Privatization Commission to

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

30  design, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and

31  operation of a secure facility to house and rehabilitate

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 1  sexual predators, to be constructed upon the grounds of the

 2  DeSoto Correctional Facility in DeSoto County which houses the

 3  Desoto Correctional Institute.

 4         (3)  The selected contractor for the financing, design,

 5  construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, and operation

 6  of the secure facility is authorized to enter into a lease

 7  arrangement or other private financing, or to sponsor the

 8  issuance of tax-exempt bonds, certificates of participation,

 9  or other public or private means to finance the facility. The

10  department is authorized to enter into all such agreements as

11  are necessary, including lease alternatives, to bring the

12  facility to an operational state and to commence leasing of

13  the facility.

14         (4)  Upon completion of the secure treatment facility

15  in DeSoto County for sexual predators, the Martin Sexually

16  Violent Predator Treatment and Retaining Program shall be

17  phased out, to be terminated within 1 year after completion of

18  the facility.

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24  And the title is amended as follows:

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28         requiring the Correctional Privatization

29         Commission, in consultation with the Department

30         of Children and Family Services, to issue a

31         request for proposal for the financing, design,

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 1         construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing,

 2         and operation of a specified secure facility to

 3         house and rehabilitate certain sexual

 4         predators; authorizing the Secretary of

 5         Children and Family Services to approve the

 6         request for proposal, the successful bidder,

 7         and the contract; providing authority for the

 8         commission to enter into a contract with a

 9         provider; providing authority of the contractor

10         with respect to financing of the project;

11         providing authority of the department to enter

12         into certain agreements; providing for

13         termination of a specified program upon

14         completion of the facility;

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