Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5785 Compare Versions

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9	9	S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF
16	16	ADMINISTRATION
17	17	Introduced By: Representatives Giraldo, Alzate, Henries, Sanchez, Cruz, Potter, and
18	18	Stewart
19	19	Date Introduced: February 22, 2023
20	20	Referred To: House State Government & Elections
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23	23	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. Section 42-11-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled "Department 1
25	25	of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
26	26	42-11-2. Powers and duties of department. 3
27	27	The department of administration shall have the following powers and duties: 4
28	28	(1) To prepare a budget for the several state departments and agencies, subject to the 5
29	29	direction and supervision of the governor; 6
30	30	(2) To administer the budget for all state departments and agencies, except as specifically 7
31	31	exempted by law; 8
32	32	(3) To devise, formulate, promulgate, supervise, and control accounting systems, 9
33	33	procedures, and methods for the state departments and agencies, conforming to such accounting 10
34	34	standards and methods as are prescribed by law; 11
35	35	(4) To purchase or to contract for the supplies, materials, articles, equipment, printing, and 12
36	36	services needed by state departments and agencies, except as specifically exempted by law; 13
37	37	(5) To prescribe standard specifications for those purchases and contracts and to enforce 14
38	38	compliance with specifications; 15
39	39	(6) To supervise and control the advertising for bids and awards for state purchases; 16
40	40	(7) To regulate the requisitioning and storage of purchased items, the disposal of surplus 17
41	41	and salvage, and the transfer to or between state departments and agencies of needed supplies, 18
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45	45	equipment, and materials; 1
46	46	(8) To maintain, equip, and keep in repair the state house, state office building, and other 2
47	47	premises owned or rented by the state for the use of any department or agency, excepting those 3
48	48	buildings, the control of which is vested by law in some other agency; 4
49	49	(9) To provide for the periodic inspection, appraisal or inventory of all state buildings and 5
50	50	property, real and personal; 6
51	51	(10) To require reports from state agencies on the buildings and property in their custody; 7
52	52	(11) To issue regulations to govern the protection and custody of the property of the state; 8
53	53	(12) To assign office and storage space and to rent and lease land and buildings for the use 9
54	54	of the several state departments and agencies in the manner provided by law; 10
55	55	(13) To control and supervise the acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and 11
56	56	replacement of state-owned motor vehicles by state agencies; 12
57	57	(14) To maintain and operate central duplicating and mailing service for the several state 13
58	58	departments and agencies; 14
59	59	(15) To furnish the several departments and agencies of the state with other essential office 15
60	60	services; 16
61	61	(16) To survey and examine the administration and operation of the state departments and 17
62	62	agencies, submitting to the governor proposals to secure greater administrative efficiency and 18
63	63	economy, to minimize the duplication of activities, and to effect a better organization and 19
64	64	consolidation of functions among state agencies; 20
65	65	(17) To operate a merit system of personnel administration and personnel management as 21
66	66	defined in § 36-3-3 in connection with the conditions of employment in all state departments and 22
67	67	agencies within the classified service; 23
68	68	(18) To assign or reassign, with the approval of the governor, any functions, duties, or 24
69	69	powers established by this chapter to any agency within the department; 25
70	70	(19) To establish, maintain, and operate a data processing center or centers, approve the 26
71	71	acquisition and use of electronic data processing services by state agencies, furnish staff assistance 27
72	72	in methods, systems and programming work to other state agencies, and arrange for and effect the 28
73	73	centralization and consolidation of punch card and electronic data processing equipment and 29
74	74	services in order to obtain maximum utilization and efficiency; 30
75	75	(20) To devise, formulate, promulgate, supervise, and control a comprehensive and 31
76	76	coordinated statewide information system designed to improve the database used in the 32
77	77	management of public resources, to consult and advise with other state departments and agencies 33
78	78	and municipalities to assure appropriate and full participation in this system, and to encourage the 34
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82	82	participation of the various municipalities of this state in this system by providing technical or other 1
83	83	appropriate assistance toward establishing, within those municipalities, compatible information 2
84	84	systems in order to obtain the maximum effectiveness in the management of public resources; 3
85	85	(i) The comprehensive and coordinated statewide information system may include a Rhode 4
86	86	Island geographic information system of land-related economic, physical, cultural and natural 5
87	87	resources. 6
88	88	(ii) In order to ensure the continuity of the maintenance and functions of the geographic 7
89	89	information system, the general assembly may annually appropriate such sum as it may deem 8
90	90	necessary to the department of administration for its support; 9
91	91	(21) To administer a statewide planning program including planning assistance to the state 10
92	92	departments and agencies; 11
93	93	(22) To administer a statewide program of photography and photographic services; 12
94	94	(23) To negotiate with public or private educational institutions in the state, in cooperation 13
95	95	with the department of health, for state support of medical education; 14
96	96	(24) To promote the expansion of markets for recovered material and to maximize their 15
97	97	return to productive economic use through the purchase of materials and supplies with recycled 16
98	98	content by the state of Rhode Island to the fullest extent practically feasible; 17
99	99	(25) To approve costs as provided in § 23-19-32; 18
100	100	(26) To provide all necessary civil service tests for child protective investigators and social 19
101	101	workers at least twice each year and to maintain an adequate hiring list for these positions at all 20
102	102	times; 21
103	103	(27)(a) To prepare a report every three (3) months by all current property leases or rentals 22
104	104	by any state or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 23
105	105	(i) Name of lessor; 24
106	106	(ii) Description of the lease (purpose, physical characteristics, and location); 25
107	107	(iii) Cost of the lease; 26
108	108	(iv) Amount paid to date; 27
109	109	(v) Date initiated; 28
110	110	(vi) Date covered by the lease. 29
111	111	(b) To prepare a report by October 31, 2014, of all current property owned by the state or 30
112	112	leased by any state agency or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 31
113	113	(i) Total square feet for each building or leased space; 32
114	114	(ii) Total square feet for each building and space utilized as office space currently; 33
115	115	(iii) Location of each building or leased space; 34
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119	119	(iv) Ratio and listing of buildings owned by the state versus leased; 1
120	120	(v) Total occupancy costs which shall include capital expenses, provided a proxy should 2
121	121	be provided to compare properties that are owned versus leased by showing capital expenses on 3
122	122	owned properties as a per square foot cost at industry depreciation rates; 4
123	123	(vi) Expiration dates of leases; 5
124	124	(vii) Number of workstations per building or leased space; 6
125	125	(viii) Total square feet divided by number of workstations; 7
126	126	(ix) Total number of vacant workstations; 8
127	127	(x) Percentage of vacant workstations versus total workstations available; 9
128	128	(xi) Date when an action is required by the state to renew or terminate a lease; 10
129	129	(xii) Strategic plan for leases commencing or expiring by June 30, 2016; 11
130	130	(xiii) Map of all state buildings which provides: cost per square foot to maintain, total 12
131	131	number of square feet, total operating cost, date each lease expires, number of persons per building 13
132	132	and total number of vacant seats per building; and 14
133	133	(xiv) Industry benchmark report which shall include total operating cost by full-time 15
134	134	equivalent employee, total operating cost by square foot and total square feet divided by full-time 16
135	135	equivalent employee; 17
136	136	(28) To prepare a report to the chairs of the house and senate finance committees by 18
137	137	December 15, 2021, and each year thereafter of all current property owned by the state or leased 19
138	138	by any state agency or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 20
139	139	(i) Total square feet for each building or leased space; 21
140	140	(ii) Total square feet for each building and space utilized as office space currently; 22
141	141	(iii) Location of each building or leased space; 23
142	142	(iv) Ratio and listing of buildings owned by the state versus leased; 24
143	143	(v) Total occupancy costs which shall include capital expenses, provided a proxy should 25
144	144	be provided to compare properties that are owned versus leased by showing capital expenses on 26
145	145	owned properties as a per square foot cost at industry depreciation rates; 27
146	146	(vi) Expiration dates of leases; 28
147	147	(vii) Number of workstations per building or leased space; 29
148	148	(viii) Total square feet divided by number of workstations; 30
149	149	(ix) Total number of vacant workstations; 31
150	150	(x) Percentage of vacant workstations versus total workstations available; 32
151	151	(xi) Date when an action is required by the state to renew or terminate a lease; 33
152	152	(xii) Strategic plan for leases commencing or expiring by June 30, 2022, and each 34
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156	156	subsequent year thereafter; 1
157	157	(xiii) Map of all state buildings that provides: cost per square foot to maintain, total number 2
158	158	of square feet, total operating cost, date each lease expires, number of persons per building and 3
159	159	total number of vacant seats per building; and 4
160	160	(xiv) Industry benchmark report that shall include total operating cost by full-time 5
161	161	equivalent employee, total operating cost by square foot and total square feet divided by full-time 6
162	162	equivalent employee; 7
163	163	(29) To provide by December 31, 1995, the availability of automatic direct deposit to any 8
164	164	recipient of a state benefit payment, provided that the agency responsible for making that payment 9
165	165	generates one thousand (1,000) or more such payments each month; 10
166	166	(30) To encourage municipalities, school districts, and quasi-public agencies to achieve 11
167	167	cost savings in health insurance, purchasing, or energy usage by participating in state contracts, or 12
168	168	by entering into collaborative agreements with other municipalities, districts, or agencies. To assist 13
169	169	in determining whether the benefit levels including employee cost sharing and unit costs of such 14
170	170	benefits and costs are excessive relative to other municipalities, districts, or quasi-public agencies 15
171	171	as compared with state benefit levels and costs; and 16
172	172	(31) To administer a health benefit exchange in accordance with chapter 157 of this title; 17
173	173	and 18
174	174	(32) No state agency shall enter into any contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs 19
175	175	Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 20
176	176	SECTION 2. Section 42-56-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled "Corrections 21
177	177	Department" is hereby amended to read as follows: 22
178	178	42-56-10. Powers of the director. 23
179	179	In addition to exercising the powers and performing the duties, which are otherwise given 24
180	180	to him or her by law, the director of the department of corrections shall: 25
181	181	(1) Designate, establish, maintain, and administer those state correctional facilities that he 26
182	182	or she deems necessary, and may discontinue the use of those state correctional facilities that he or 27
183	183	she deems appropriate for that action; 28
184	184	(2) Maintain security, safety, and order at all state correctional facilities, utilize the 29
185	185	resources of the department to prevent escapes from any state correctional facility, take all 30
186	186	necessary precautions to prevent the occurrence or spread of any disorder, riot, or insurrection of 31
187	187	any state correctional facility, including, but not limited to, the development, planning, and 32
188	188	coordination of emergency riot procedures, and take suitable measures for the restoration of order; 33
189	189	(3) Establish and enforce standards for all state correctional facilities; 34
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193	193	(4) Supervise and/or approve the administration by the assistant directors of the 1
194	194	department; 2
195	195	(5) Manage, direct, and supervise the operations of the department; 3
196	196	(6) Direct employees in the performance of their official duties; 4
197	197	(7) Hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees and suspend, demote, discharge, 5
198	198	or take other necessary disciplinary action; 6
199	199	(8) Maintain the efficiency of the operations of the department; 7
200	200	(9) Determine the methods, means, and personnel by which those operations of the 8
201	201	department are to be conducted; 9
202	202	(10) Relieve employees from duties because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; 10
203	203	(11) Establish, maintain, and administer programs, including, but not limited to, education, 11
204	204	training, and employment, of persons committed to the custody of the department, designed as far 12
205	205	as practicable to prepare and assist each person to assume the responsibilities and exercise the rights 13
206	206	of a citizen of this state; 14
207	207	(12) Establish a system of classification of persons committed to the custody of the 15
208	208	department for the purpose of developing programs for each person in order to effectively develop 16
209	209	an individualized program for each sentenced inmate that will address each offender’s individual 17
210	210	treatment and rehabilitative needs, the department of corrections is authorized to receive, with the 18
211	211	express consent of the inmate, and upon request to the department of children, youth and families, 19
212	212	the offender’s juvenile arrest and/or adjudication records. Information related to the juvenile’s 20
213	213	family members and other third parties, excluding law enforcement personnel, shall be redacted 21
214	214	from the records provided prior to their release to the department. The records will be disclosed to 22
215	215	only those department personnel directly responsible for, and only for the purpose of, developing 23
216	216	the individualized program for the offender; 24
217	217	(13) Determine at the time of commitment, and from time to time thereafter, the custody 25
218	218	requirements and program needs of each person committed to the custody of the department and 26
219	219	assign or transfer those persons to appropriate facilities and programs; 27
220	220	(14) Establish training programs for employees of the department, including the use of an 28
221	221	application system for the department’s correctional officer training academy that leverages other 29
222	222	law enforcement entity recruiting and the establishment of any fee associated with such system, 30
223	223	provided that a state application process compliant with § 28-6.3-1 also be provided; 31
224	224	(15) Investigate grievances and inquire into alleged misconduct within the department; 32
225	225	(16) Maintain adequate records of persons committed to the custody of the department; 33
226	226	(17) Establish and maintain programs of research, statistics, and planning, and conduct 34
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230	230	studies relating to correctional programs and responsibilities of the department; 1
231	231	(18) Utilize, as far as practicable, the services and resources of specialized community 2
232	232	agencies and other local community groups in the development of programs, recruitment of 3
233	233	volunteers, and dissemination of information regarding the work and needs of the department; 4
234	234	(19) Make and enter into any contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the 5
235	235	performance of the duties and execution of the powers of the department, including, but not limited 6
236	236	to, contracts to render services to committed offenders, and to provide for training or education for 7
237	237	correctional officers and staff, except that no contracts shall be entered into with a private, for-8
238	238	profit prison facility, or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the 9
239	239	purposes of housing and detaining people; 10
240	240	(20) Seek to develop civic interest in the work of the department and educate the public to 11
241	241	the needs and goals of the corrections process; 12
242	242	(21) Expend annually in the exercise of his or her powers, performance of his or her duties, 13
243	243	and for the necessary operations of the department those sums that may be appropriated by the 14
244	244	general assembly; 15
245	245	(22) Make and promulgate necessary rules and regulations incident to the exercise of his 16
246	246	or her powers and the performance of his or her duties, including, but not limited to, rules and 17
247	247	regulations regarding nutrition, sanitation, safety, discipline, recreation, religious services, 18
248	248	communication, and visiting privileges, classification, education, training, employment, care, and 19
249	249	custody for all persons committed to correctional facilities; 20
250	250	(23) Make and promulgate regulations to provide: 21
251	251	(a) Written notice to licensed nursing facilities, licensed assisted-living residences, and 22
252	252	housing for the elderly whenever a person seeking to reside in one of these facilities or residences 23
253	253	is being released on parole for any of the following offenses: murder, voluntary manslaughter, 24
254	254	involuntary manslaughter, first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree 25
255	255	sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit 26
256	256	specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, or burglary), felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or 27
257	257	mistreatment of patients, burglary, first degree arson, felony larceny, or robbery; 28
258	258	(b) A risk assessment process to identify and recommend safety or security measures 29
259	259	necessary for the protection of other residents or clients, including whether the parolee should be 30
260	260	prohibited from residing in any such facility or residence or segregated from other residents or 31
261	261	clients to protect the security and safety of other residents; 32
262	262	(c) The written notice to licensed nursing facilities, assisted living residences, or housing 33
263	263	for the elderly shall include charge information and disposition about the offense for which the 34
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267	267	resident or client has been paroled, contact information for the resident’s or client’s parole 1
268	268	supervisor, a copy of the risk assessment and recommendations, if any, regarding safety and 2
269	269	security measures. A copy of the written notice shall be provided to the parolee; and 3
270	270	(d) A process for notifying the appropriate state regulatory agency and the state long-term 4
271	271	care ombudsman whenever notice as required in subsection (23)(a) of this section has been given; 5
272	272	(24) Notwithstanding the enumeration of the powers of the director as set forth in this 6
273	273	section, and notwithstanding any other provision of the general laws, the validity and enforceability 7
274	274	of the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement shall not be contested, affected, or 8
275	275	diminished, nor shall any arbitration award be vacated, remanded or set aside on the basis of an 9
276	276	alleged conflict with this section or with any other provision of the general laws. 10
277	277	SECTION 3. Section 45-2-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-2 entitled "General 11
278	278	Powers" is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
279	279	45-2-4. Power to own property and make contracts. 13
280	280	Cities and towns may take, purchase, and hold real and personal property, and alienate and 14
281	281	convey the property; and may also take, hold, and manage the property in trust for any charitable, 15
282	282	other than religious, uses, and may make all contracts, including lease or lease-purchase agreements 16
283	283	of real and personal property, necessary and convenient for the transaction of the business of the 17
284	284	city or town except that no contracts shall be entered into with the U.S. Immigration and Customs 18
285	285	Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 19
286	286	SECTION 4. Section 45-54-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-54 entitled "Municipal 20
287	287	Detention Facility Corporations" is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
288	288	45-54-6. Powers. 22
289	289	Except to the extent inconsistent with any specific provision of this chapter, the corporation 23
290	290	has the power: 24
291	291	(1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name; 25
292	292	(2) To have a seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and to use the seal by causing it or a 26
293	293	facsimile to be impressed, affixed, or in any other manner reproduced. The seal shall be clearly 27
294	294	distinguishable from the seal of any city or town; 28
295	295	(3) To maintain an office at a place or places that it may designate within the boundaries 29
296	296	of the city or town whose council established the corporation; 30
297	297	(4) To determine the location and character of any project to be financed under the 31
298	298	provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with local zoning ordinances; 32
299	299	(5) To purchase, hold, and use any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, 33
300	300	or any interest in it, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes for the corporation, and to 34
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304	304	mortgage, lease, or sell any of that property; 1
305	305	(6) To acquire, whether by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or otherwise, and to construct, 2
306	306	reconstruct, improve, erect, maintain, operate, manage, equip, and furnish, one or more projects, 3
307	307	including all real, personal, or mixed properties which it may deem necessary in connection with 4
308	308	that, and regardless of whether or not the project or projects shall then be in existence or shall then 5
309	309	be partially or wholly constructed; 6
310	310	(7) To lease, as lessor, to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or 7
311	311	private, any or all of its projects, and to charge and collect rent for them, and to terminate any lease 8
312	312	upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations of the lease; 9
313	313	(8) To lease, as lessee, any property, real, personal or mixed, or any interest in property; 10
314	314	(9) To sell, exchange, mortgage, donate, and convey any or all of its properties whenever 11
315	315	it finds an action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the corporation was established; 12
316	316	(10) To grant options to purchase any of its projects on whatever terms it may deem 13
317	317	advisable, and to grant options to renew any leases entered into by it in connection with any of its 14
318	318	projects on any terms it may deem advisable; 15
319	319	(11) To issue bonds of the corporation for the purpose of carrying out any of its purposes, 16
320	320	payable solely from the revenues pledged by the bonds for their payment, and to refund its bonds, 17
321	321	all as provided in this chapter; 18
322	322	(12) As security for the payment of the principal and interest on any bonds so issued and 19
323	323	any agreements made in connection with that, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects, or 20
324	324	any part or parts of them, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, to pledge their revenues and 21
325	325	receipts or from an interest of the bonds, and to assign or pledge the income received by virtue of 22
326	326	the lease or leases; 23
327	327	(13) To borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of bonds for any of its purposes, and 24
328	328	to issue notes, certificates, or other evidences of the borrowing, upon terms as may be authorized 25
329	329	by resolution of the corporation; 26
330	330	(14) To make and enter into all contracts, leases, and other agreements necessary or 27
331	331	incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter; 28
332	332	provided, that those contracts, leases, and other agreements with the federal government or other 29
333	333	federal agency are governed by federal procurement procedures, and other contracts, leases, or 30
334	334	other agreements are governed by the procurement requirements of the municipality, if any.; and, 31
335	335	provided further, that no contract shall be entered into with a private, for-profit prison facility or 32
336	336	with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and 33
337	337	detaining people; 34
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341	341	(15) Without limitation of the preceding, to borrow money from, to receive and accept 1
342	342	grants for or in aid of construction or acquisition of projects authorized under this chapter from, 2
343	343	and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with, the federal government or any federal 3
344	344	agency; and to receive and accept from the state or any municipality, and from any other source, 4
345	345	aid or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value; to be held, used, and applied 5
346	346	only for the purposes for which the grants and contributions may be made; 6
347	347	(16) To combine for financing purposes any two (2) or more projects authorized to be 7
348	348	acquired or constructed under the provisions of this chapter; 8
349	349	(17) To employ, in its discretion, attorneys, accountants, architectural and engineering 9
350	350	consultants, and other officers, employees, or agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to 10
351	351	fix their compensation; 11
352	352	(18) To acquire in the name of the corporation by purchase or otherwise, on terms and 12
353	353	conditions and in the manner that it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the rights of 13
354	354	condemnation in the manner provided in § 45-54-9, public or private lands, or parts of them or 14
355	355	rights in them, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests as it may deem necessary 15
356	356	for carrying out the provisions of this chapter; provided, that all public property damaged in 16
357	357	carrying out the powers granted by this chapter is restored or repaired and placed in its original 17
358	358	condition as nearly as practicable; 18
359	359	(19) To do all other acts and to do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out 19
360	360	its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this chapter; 20
361	361	(20) To provide for the care, custody, control and transportation of all detainees or inmates 21
362	362	committed to detention or incarceration at any project and to take all necessary steps to maintain 22
363	363	security, safety and order, to prevent escapes from any project, to take all necessary precautions to 23
364	364	prevent the occurrence or spread of any disorder, riot, or insurrection of any project, including, but 24
365	365	not limited to, the development, planning and coordination of emergency riot procedures, and take 25
366	366	suitable measures for the restoration of order; 26
367	367	(21) To establish and enforce standards for each project; 27
368	368	(22) To establish and fund training and education programs for employees, under the 28
369	369	direction of the warden, the curriculum for which to be approved annually by the police officers’ 29
370	370	commission on standards and training, and to hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees 30
371	371	for the operation of each project and suspend, demote, discharge, or take other necessary 31
372	372	disciplinary action with regard to such employees; 32
373	373	(23) To determine the methods, means, and personnel by which the operation of each 33
374	374	project is to be conducted; 34
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378	378	(24) To relieve employees of duty because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; 1
379	379	(25) To investigate grievances of its employees and to inquire into alleged misconduct by 2
380	380	employees; 3
381	381	(26) To make and promulgate necessary rules and regulations incident to the corporation’s 4
382	382	exercise of its powers and the performance of the corporation’s duties, including, but not limited 5
383	383	to, rules and regulations regarding nutrition, sanitation, safety, discipline, recreation, religious 6
384	384	services, communication and visiting privileges, classification, education, training, employment, 7
385	385	care, and custody for all persons detained at any project; and 8
386	386	(27) To delegate any or all of the above referenced powers to its duly designated agents, 9
387	387	servants, consultants or employees at its discretion, who being so designated may exercise said 10
388	388	power(s) on behalf of the corporation. 11
389	389	SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12
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396	396	EXPLANATION
397	397	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
398	398	OF
399	399	A N A C T
400	400	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF
401	401	ADMINISTRATION
402	402	***
403	403	This act would prohibit contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. 1
404	404	Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 2
405	405	This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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407	407	LC001715
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