STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 322

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator LITTELL)

ADOPTED: MARCH 18, 1996

      Senate Bill No. 322 would permit the governing body of any county to enter into a contract with a private, for-profit entity to operate and maintain a commissary at the county correctional facility. The bill also permits the governing body to contract for the provision of food services with a central food service facility that is established by the Department of Corrections or Human Services to service State prisons and facilities.

      As introduced, the bill specified that any profits accruing to the county from the contract must be expended exclusively for the use, benefit and general welfare of the inmates of the county correctional facility. This Senate amendment provides that the profits must be allocated to the county work-release program.