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By the Committees on Justice Appropriations; Governmental
Oversight and Productivity; and Senator Wise
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to prison industries; creating
3 the Prison Industries Task Force within the
4 Office of Legislative Services; requiring the
5 task force to determine how well the prison
6 industries program has fulfilled its statutory
7 mission and purpose; providing for the
8 appointment of members to the task force;
9 requiring the task force to hold a minimum
10 number of public meetings; providing for
11 members of the task force to be reimbursed for
12 per diem and travel expenses; requiring the
13 Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental
14 Relations to provide staff support for the task
15 force; specifying the duties of the task force
16 with respect to taking testimony; requiring the
17 task force to submit a report to the Governor
18 and the Legislature; abolishing the task force
19 on a future date; amending s. 946.505, F.S.;
20 clarifying the state's reversionary interest in
21 the facilities, property, and assets of the
22 corporation operating a correctional work
23 program; providing an effective date.
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25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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27 Section 1. Prison Industries Task Force.--
28 (1)(a) There is created within the Office of
29 Legislative Services the Prison Industries Task Force to
30 review how well PRIDE has fulfilled its statutory missions and
31 purposes and whether the statutory missions of the prison
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1 industries program are feasible and relevant today and in the
2 future.
3 (b) The task force shall consist of the following 13
4 members:
5 1. The Secretary of Corrections, who shall serve as
6 chair, and two wardens of prisons that operate prison
7 industries programs;
8 2. A representative from the Agency for Workforce
9 Innovation;
10 3. A representative from the Office of Workforce
11 Education within the Department of Education;
12 4. A member of the Senate, appointed by the President
13 of the Senate;
14 5. A member of the House of Representatives, appointed
15 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
16 6. A representative from the board of directors of the
17 private nonprofit prison industries corporation, as defined in
18 s. 946.503, Florida Statutes;
19 7. A representative from a local governmental entity
20 that purchases products that are produced by prison
21 industries;
22 8. A representative from a private industry that
23 regularly employs former inmates;
24 9. A representative from a private industry that
25 regularly trains inmates;
26 10. A representative from the academic community who
27 has expertise in research concerning the reentry of former
28 prisoners into society and the employment of former felons;
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30 11. A former inmate who has worked in the prison
31 industries program.
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1 (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
2 House of Representatives shall jointly appoint the members of
3 the task force specified in subparagraphs (b)6.-11. by July 1,
4 2006.
5 (d) The task force shall hold its first meeting by
6 July 15, 2006.
7 (e) All recommendations of the task force shall be by
8 majority vote.
9 (f) The task force shall meet at the call of the
10 chairperson and shall conduct at least three public meetings.
11 (g) Members of the task force shall serve without
12 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem
13 and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida
14 Statutes.
15 (h) The Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental
16 Relations shall provide staff support for the task force.
17 (2)(a) The task force shall receive testimony from the
18 Auditor General, the Governor's Inspector General, the Office
19 of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability,
20 PRIDE, and other appropriate officials to address the
21 following:
22 1. Are the statutory missions of the prison industries
23 program as defined in s. 946.501(2), Florida Statutes, still
24 valid?
25 2. Should other valid missions be included within the
26 program?
27 3. How do the current or recommended missions conflict
28 with any other valid missions?
29 4. Should the missions be ranked in order of priority
30 and, if so, to what extent can accomplishment of a
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1 higher-priority mission be reduced in order to accomplish a
2 lower-priority mission?
3 5. Is the method of addressing the legislative finding
4 in s. 946.501(3), Florida Statutes, which is that it is in the
5 best interest of the state, inmates, and the general public to
6 duplicate as closely as possible free-enterprise production
7 and service operations, also the most effective manner in
8 which to accomplish the missions of the prison industries
9 program?
10 6. Should the structure for managing the correctional
11 work program be changed in order to facilitate accomplishing
12 the missions of the program?
13 7. Is operating the prison industries program
14 independently of state government the most effective manner in
15 which to accomplish its valid mission?
16 8. To what extent can PRIDE fulfill the legislative
17 intent stated in s. 946.502(6), Florida Statutes, which is
18 that prison industries programs use inmates in all levels of
19 custody, with specific emphasis on reducing idleness among
20 inmates in close custody?
21 9. To what extent, if any, have privatization of
22 governmental functions and changing markets reduced sales by
23 PRIDE or impeded its ability to expand prison industry
24 training?
25 10. What creative strategies could enhance the prison
26 industries program's ability to meet its valid missions?
27 (b) The task force shall submit a report of its
28 findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President of
29 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
30 February 15, 2007.
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1 (3) All meetings of the task force and all business of
2 the task force for which reimbursement may be requested must
3 be concluded before the report is filed. The task force is
4 abolished July 1, 2007.
5 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 946.505, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 946.505 Reversion upon dissolution of corporation or
8 termination of lease.--
9 (1) In the event the corporation is dissolved or its
10 lease of any correctional work program expires or is otherwise
11 terminated, all property relating to such correctional work
12 program which ceases to function because of such termination
13 or dissolution, including all buildings, land, furnishings,
14 equipment, and other chattels and assets, whether originally
15 leased from the department or, as well as any subsequently
16 constructed or otherwise acquired facilities in connection
17 with its continued operation of that program, automatically
18 reverts to full ownership by the department unless the
19 corporation intends to use utilize such property in another
20 correctional work program. Such a reversionary ownership
21 interest of the state in any and all such after-acquired
22 facilities, property, and assets by the corporation is in
23 furtherance of the goals established in s. 946.502(4), and
24 such a present ownership interest by the state is a continuing
25 and insurable state interest.
26 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
27 law.
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