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HB 808 - Department of Corrections Inmate Construction Prog; limit projects

Greene, Gerald E (158th)	Smith, Paul E (12th)	Barnard, Terry (154th)
Heard, Keith G (89th)

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A BILL to amend Code Section 42-5-60 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hiring out of inmates, sale of products produced by inmates, disposition of proceeds, and payment of inmates for services, so as to limit construction projects which may be undertaken by the Department of Corrections Inmate Construction Program; and for other purposes.

HB 808                                              LC 9 9952 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 42-5-60 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to hiring out of inmates, sale 
  1- 3  of products produced by inmates, disposition of proceeds, 
  1- 4  and payment to inmates for services, so as to limit 
  1- 5  construction projects which may be undertaken by the 
  1- 6  Department of Corrections Inmate Construction Program; to 
  1- 7  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Code Section 42-5-60 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-11  Annotated, relating to hiring out of inmates, sale of 
  1-12  products produced by inmates, disposition of proceeds, and 
  1-13  payment to inmates for services, is amended by striking 
  1-14  subsection (e) of said Code section and inserting in its 
  1-15  place the following: 
 
  1-16    "(e) The department or any state correctional institution 
  1-17    or county correctional institution operating under 
  1-18    jurisdiction of the board shall be authorized to require 
  1-19    inmates coming into its custody to labor on the public 
  1-20    roads or public works or in such other manner as the board 
  1-21    may deem advisable.  The department may also contract with 
  1-22    municipalities, cities, counties, the Department of 
  1-23    Transportation, or any other political subdivision, public 
  1-24    authority, public corporation, or agency of state or local 
  1-25    government created by law, which entities are authorized 
  1-26    by this Code section to contract with the department, for 
  1-27    the construction, repair, or maintenance of roads, 
  1-28    bridges, public buildings, and any other public works by 
  1-29    use of penal labor provided all funded repair and minor 
  1-30    construction projects identified for all state 
  1-31    correctional facilities have been completed.  The 
  1-32    Department of Corrections Inmate Construction Program 
  1-33    shall not undertake construction projects: 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1      (1) At any state correctional facility inside the 
  2- 2      existing perimeter security fencing when the total 
  2- 3      construction project budget for equipment and material 
  2- 4      exceeds $1 million; 
 
  2- 5      (2) At any state correctional facility outside the 
  2- 6      existing perimeter security fencing when the total 
  2- 7      construction project budget for equipment and material 
  2- 8      exceeds $500,000.00; or 
 
  2- 9      (3) For any nondepartmental public body when the total 
  2-10      estimated construction project budget for equipment and 
  2-11      material exceeds $250,000.00. 
 
  2-12    The total estimated project shall be used in determining 
  2-13    the involvement of the Inmate Construction Program in the 
  2-14    types of projects listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
  2-15    this subsection.  Projects shall not be subdivided in an 
  2-16    effort to evade the provisions of this subsection.  The 
  2-17    provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any 
  2-18    emergency repair projects required as a result of events 
  2-19    such as fire, floods, accidents, or other providential 
  2-20    causes resulting in life safety concerns for either the 
  2-21    general public or the inmate population." 
 
  2-22                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-23  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-24  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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