STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 322

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblywoman CRECCO)

ADOPTED: MAY 30, 1996

      Senate Bill No. 322 (1R) 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.

      This Assembly amendment provides that such a contract could be made only for a term of not more than three years.