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| SPONSOR: | SCONC | DATE TYPED: | 03/01/01 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Corrections Contracts Exemptions | SB | 842/SCONCS | ||||
| ANALYST: | Trujillo | ||||||
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| FY01 | FY02 | FY01 | FY02 | ||
| See Narrative | Recurring | General Fund | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Corrections Department (CD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
SB842/SCONCS would amend Section 13-1-98 NMSA 1978 (Exemptions from the Procurement Code), adding contracts entered into by CD with a private independent contractor for the operation, or provision and operation, of a corrections facility, to those items already exempted from the procurement process.
Significant Issues
CD reports the bill will make it easier for the department to comply with the Independent Board of Inquiry's (IBI) recommendation that the contracts with Lea County and Guadalupe County for the private prisons in Hobbs and Santa Rosa be amended to provide for a direct contract between CD and Wackenhut. The bill will also result in lessening the administrative burden on staff who would otherwise be required to issue a Request for Proposals and evaluate the responses.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
CD reports this bill may have a positive fiscal implication since the lessened administrative burden in adhering to the procurement code for securing contracts for the provision and operation of prison facilities would be lessened with a concomitant fiscal savings due to administrative personnel spending less time securing and monitoring private contractors for the operation of correction facilities under the present procurement code requirements.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
CD indicates this bill would lessen the administrative burden imposed upon CD by eliminating the need to follow the procurement code for securing private contractors to operate corrections facilities.
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
This bill exempts CD from the standard procurement process when contacting with a private, independent contractor for operating or providing a corrections facility.
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