HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. SB 8-C
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Alexander offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 7, between lines 9&10, of the bill
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17         Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
18  944.17, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
19         944.17  Commitments and classification; transfers.--
20         (2)  Each prisoner committed to the custody of the
21  department shall be conveyed to such institution, facility, or
22  program in the correctional system as the department shall
23  direct, in accordance with its classification scheme.
24         (a)  Any person sentenced pursuant to s. 775.31 shall
25  be committed to a close custody facility operated by the
26  Department of Corrections and shall under no circumstances be
27  committed to a private correctional facility operated under
28  the jurisdiction of the Correctional Privatization Commission.
29         Section 4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law
30  to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall
31  supercede the proviso language with Specific Appropriation 570
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    File original & 9 copies    12/05/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 8-C Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 in Senate Bill 2-C. The Correctional Privatization Commission 2 shall develop and issue requests for proposals (RFPs) for the 3 operation of each correctional facility prior to renewal of a 4 contract with the Correctional Privatization Commission. The 5 RFPs shall require that the per diem cost of operating each 6 correctional facility under contract with the Commission shall 7 not exceed 93 percent of the average per diem cost of housing 8 comparable prisoners within the Department of Corrections, 9 excluding those in the reception process and in community 10 correctional centers, for a cost savings of at least 7 11 percent. Any bids that do not reflect a cost savings to the 12 state of at least 7 percent shall be deemed to be 13 non-responsive and must be rejected by the Commission. 14 15 It is the intent of the Legislature that the comparable per 16 diem of the Department of Corrections for the 2000-2001 fiscal 17 year shall be determined by the Office of Program Policy 18 Analysis and Governmental Accountability in consultation with 19 the Department of Corrections and the Auditor General. The 20 average per diem shall be adjusted for prospective inflation 21 and delivered to the Commission. 22 23 The Department of Corrections shall assume operational 24 responsibility of any correctional facility for which there 25 are no proposals reflecting the 7 percent cost-savings 26 requirement. Current employees of private vendors operating 27 correctional facilities shall receive first preference for 28 employment by the Department of Corrections, provided, 29 however, that Correctional Officers currently employed by 30 private vendors must meet the minimum qualifications for 31 employment specific in s. 943.13, Florida Statutes. In 2 File original & 9 copies 12/05/01 hbd0002 09:54 am C0008-0066-444075
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 8-C Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 accordance with the applicable provisions of chapter 216, the 2 Department of Corrections may request a transfer from Specific 3 Appropriations 696, 712, and 725 of chapter 2001-235, Laws of 4 Florida, to operate facilities for which it has assumed 5 operational responsibility. 6 7 The provisions of this section shall be repealed on July 1, 8 2002. 9 10 11 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 On page , 14 remove from the title of the bill: 15 16 and insert in lieu thereof: 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 12/05/01 hbd0002 09:54 am C0008-0066-444075