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House Journal: Page 1086: Tuesday, March 31, 1998

 9   for the use of building space for the purpose of
10   providing inmate employment without providing, if the
11   property is totally or partially exempt from property
12   taxation, that the terms of the lease or contract
13   shall require the private corporation to make payments
14   in lieu of property taxes to the applicable local
15   government in an amount determined by the department
16   based upon criteria which shall include, but is not
17   limited to, the investment amount required of the
18   private corporation to use the building space, up to a
19   maximum amount which is equal to the amount of tax
20   moneys that would be collected for that local
21   government if the property was not exempt."
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 3:25 p.m.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 45, nays 50.
Amendment H-8715 lost.
Taylor of Linn offered amendment H-8726 filed by him as follows:

H-8726

 1     Amend House File 2539 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 12, by inserting after line 6 the
 3   following:
 4     "It is the intent of the general assembly that as a
 5   condition of receiving the appropriation provided in
 6   this subsection, the department of corrections shall
 7   not enter into any agreement with a private for-profit
 8   agency or corporation for the purpose of transferring
 9   inmates under the custody of the department to a jail
10   or correctional facility or institution established,
11   maintained, or operated by a private for-profit agency
12   or corporation without prior approval by the general
13   assembly."
Huser of Polk offered the following amendment H-8805, to
amendment H-8726, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:

H-8805

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8726, to House File 2539 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 10, by inserting after the word
 4   "institution" the following:  "in this state which
 5   is".
Amendment H-8805 was adopted.

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