Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S0408 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: Senators Acosta, Mack, Kallman, Murray, and Zurier
18	18	Date Introduced: February 16, 2023
19	19	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
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22	22	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
23	23	SECTION 1. Section 42-11-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-11 entitled "Department 1
24	24	of Administration" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
25	25	42-11-2. Powers and duties of department. 3
26	26	The department of administration shall have the following powers and duties: 4
27	27	(1) To prepare a budget for the several state departments and agencies, subject to the 5
28	28	direction and supervision of the governor; 6
29	29	(2) To administer the budget for all state departments and agencies, except as specifically 7
30	30	exempted by law; 8
31	31	(3) To devise, formulate, promulgate, supervise, and control accounting systems, 9
32	32	procedures, and methods for the state departments and agencies, conforming to such accounting 10
33	33	standards and methods as are prescribed by law; 11
34	34	(4) To purchase or to contract for the supplies, materials, articles, equipment, printing, and 12
35	35	services needed by state departments and agencies, except as specifically exempted by law; 13
36	36	(5) To prescribe standard specifications for those purchases and contracts and to enforce 14
37	37	compliance with specifications; 15
38	38	(6) To supervise and control the advertising for bids and awards for state purchases; 16
39	39	(7) To regulate the requisitioning and storage of purchased items, the disposal of surplus 17
40	40	and salvage, and the transfer to or between state departments and agencies of needed supplies, 18
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44	44	equipment, and materials; 1
45	45	(8) To maintain, equip, and keep in repair the state house, state office building, and other 2
46	46	premises owned or rented by the state for the use of any department or agency, excepting those 3
47	47	buildings, the control of which is vested by law in some other agency; 4
48	48	(9) To provide for the periodic inspection, appraisal or inventory of all state buildings and 5
49	49	property, real and personal; 6
50	50	(10) To require reports from state agencies on the buildings and property in their custody; 7
51	51	(11) To issue regulations to govern the protection and custody of the property of the state; 8
52	52	(12) To assign office and storage space and to rent and lease land and buildings for the use 9
53	53	of the several state departments and agencies in the manner provided by law; 10
54	54	(13) To control and supervise the acquisition, operation, maintenance, repair, and 11
55	55	replacement of state-owned motor vehicles by state agencies; 12
56	56	(14) To maintain and operate central duplicating and mailing service for the several state 13
57	57	departments and agencies; 14
58	58	(15) To furnish the several departments and agencies of the state with other essential office 15
59	59	services; 16
60	60	(16) To survey and examine the administration and operation of the state departments and 17
61	61	agencies, submitting to the governor proposals to secure greater administrative efficiency and 18
62	62	economy, to minimize the duplication of activities, and to effect a better organization and 19
63	63	consolidation of functions among state agencies; 20
64	64	(17) To operate a merit system of personnel administration and personnel management as 21
65	65	defined in § 36-3-3 in connection with the conditions of employment in all state departments and 22
66	66	agencies within the classified service; 23
67	67	(18) To assign or reassign, with the approval of the governor, any functions, duties, or 24
68	68	powers established by this chapter to any agency within the department; 25
69	69	(19) To establish, maintain, and operate a data processing center or centers, approve the 26
70	70	acquisition and use of electronic data processing services by state agencies, furnish staff assistance 27
71	71	in methods, systems and programming work to other state agencies, and arrange for and effect the 28
72	72	centralization and consolidation of punch card and electronic data processing equipment and 29
73	73	services in order to obtain maximum utilization and efficiency; 30
74	74	(20) To devise, formulate, promulgate, supervise, and control a comprehensive and 31
75	75	coordinated statewide information system designed to improve the database used in the 32
76	76	management of public resources, to consult and advise with other state departments and agencies 33
77	77	and municipalities to assure appropriate and full participation in this system, and to encourage the 34
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81	81	participation of the various municipalities of this state in this system by providing technical or other 1
82	82	appropriate assistance toward establishing, within those municipalities, compatible information 2
83	83	systems in order to obtain the maximum effectiveness in the management of public resources; 3
84	84	(i) The comprehensive and coordinated statewide information system may include a Rhode 4
85	85	Island geographic information system of land-related economic, physical, cultural and natural 5
86	86	resources. 6
87	87	(ii) In order to ensure the continuity of the maintenance and functions of the geographic 7
88	88	information system, the general assembly may annually appropriate such sum as it may deem 8
89	89	necessary to the department of administration for its support; 9
90	90	(21) To administer a statewide planning program including planning assistance to the state 10
91	91	departments and agencies; 11
92	92	(22) To administer a statewide program of photography and photographic services; 12
93	93	(23) To negotiate with public or private educational institutions in the state, in cooperation 13
94	94	with the department of health, for state support of medical education; 14
95	95	(24) To promote the expansion of markets for recovered material and to maximize their 15
96	96	return to productive economic use through the purchase of materials and supplies with recycled 16
97	97	content by the state of Rhode Island to the fullest extent practically feasible; 17
98	98	(25) To approve costs as provided in § 23-19-32; 18
99	99	(26) To provide all necessary civil service tests for child protective investigators and social 19
100	100	workers at least twice each year and to maintain an adequate hiring list for these positions at all 20
101	101	times; 21
102	102	(27)(a) To prepare a report every three (3) months by all current property leases or rentals 22
103	103	by any state or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 23
104	104	(i) Name of lessor; 24
105	105	(ii) Description of the lease (purpose, physical characteristics, and location); 25
106	106	(iii) Cost of the lease; 26
107	107	(iv) Amount paid to date; 27
108	108	(v) Date initiated; 28
109	109	(vi) Date covered by the lease. 29
110	110	(b) To prepare a report by October 31, 2014, of all current property owned by the state or 30
111	111	leased by any state agency or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 31
112	112	(i) Total square feet for each building or leased space; 32
113	113	(ii) Total square feet for each building and space utilized as office space currently; 33
114	114	(iii) Location of each building or leased space; 34
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118	118	(iv) Ratio and listing of buildings owned by the state versus leased; 1
119	119	(v) Total occupancy costs which shall include capital expenses, provided a proxy should 2
120	120	be provided to compare properties that are owned versus leased by showing capital expenses on 3
121	121	owned properties as a per square foot cost at industry depreciation rates; 4
122	122	(vi) Expiration dates of leases; 5
123	123	(vii) Number of workstations per building or leased space; 6
124	124	(viii) Total square feet divided by number of workstations; 7
125	125	(ix) Total number of vacant workstations; 8
126	126	(x) Percentage of vacant workstations versus total workstations available; 9
127	127	(xi) Date when an action is required by the state to renew or terminate a lease; 10
128	128	(xii) Strategic plan for leases commencing or expiring by June 30, 2016; 11
129	129	(xiii) Map of all state buildings which provides: cost per square foot to maintain, total 12
130	130	number of square feet, total operating cost, date each lease expires, number of persons per building 13
131	131	and total number of vacant seats per building; and 14
132	132	(xiv) Industry benchmark report which shall include total operating cost by full-time 15
133	133	equivalent employee, total operating cost by square foot and total square feet divided by full-time 16
134	134	equivalent employee; 17
135	135	(28) To prepare a report to the chairs of the house and senate finance committees by 18
136	136	December 15, 2021, and each year thereafter of all current property owned by the state or leased 19
137	137	by any state agency or quasi-state agency to include the following information: 20
138	138	(i) Total square feet for each building or leased space; 21
139	139	(ii) Total square feet for each building and space utilized as office space currently; 22
140	140	(iii) Location of each building or leased space; 23
141	141	(iv) Ratio and listing of buildings owned by the state versus leased; 24
142	142	(v) Total occupancy costs which shall include capital expenses, provided a proxy should 25
143	143	be provided to compare properties that are owned versus leased by showing capital expenses on 26
144	144	owned properties as a per square foot cost at industry depreciation rates; 27
145	145	(vi) Expiration dates of leases; 28
146	146	(vii) Number of workstations per building or leased space; 29
147	147	(viii) Total square feet divided by number of workstations; 30
148	148	(ix) Total number of vacant workstations; 31
149	149	(x) Percentage of vacant workstations versus total workstations available; 32
150	150	(xi) Date when an action is required by the state to renew or terminate a lease; 33
151	151	(xii) Strategic plan for leases commencing or expiring by June 30, 2022, and each 34
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155	155	subsequent year thereafter; 1
156	156	(xiii) Map of all state buildings that provides: cost per square foot to maintain, total number 2
157	157	of square feet, total operating cost, date each lease expires, number of persons per building and 3
158	158	total number of vacant seats per building; and 4
159	159	(xiv) Industry benchmark report that shall include total operating cost by full-time 5
160	160	equivalent employee, total operating cost by square foot and total square feet divided by full-time 6
161	161	equivalent employee; 7
162	162	(29) To provide by December 31, 1995, the availability of automatic direct deposit to any 8
163	163	recipient of a state benefit payment, provided that the agency responsible for making that payment 9
164	164	generates one thousand (1,000) or more such payments each month; 10
165	165	(30) To encourage municipalities, school districts, and quasi-public agencies to achieve 11
166	166	cost savings in health insurance, purchasing, or energy usage by participating in state contracts, or 12
167	167	by entering into collaborative agreements with other municipalities, districts, or agencies. To assist 13
168	168	in determining whether the benefit levels including employee cost sharing and unit costs of such 14
169	169	benefits and costs are excessive relative to other municipalities, districts, or quasi-public agencies 15
170	170	as compared with state benefit levels and costs; and 16
171	171	(31) To administer a health benefit exchange in accordance with chapter 157 of this title; 17
172	172	and 18
173	173	(32) No state agency shall enter into any contracts with the U.S. Immigration and Customs 19
174	174	Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 20
175	175	SECTION 2. Section 42-56-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-56 entitled "Corrections 21
176	176	Department" is hereby amended to read as follows: 22
177	177	42-56-10. Powers of the director. 23
178	178	In addition to exercising the powers and performing the duties, which are otherwise given 24
179	179	to him or her by law, the director of the department of corrections shall: 25
180	180	(1) Designate, establish, maintain, and administer those state correctional facilities that he 26
181	181	or she deems necessary, and may discontinue the use of those state correctional facilities that he or 27
182	182	she deems appropriate for that action; 28
183	183	(2) Maintain security, safety, and order at all state correctional facilities, utilize the 29
184	184	resources of the department to prevent escapes from any state correctional facility, take all 30
185	185	necessary precautions to prevent the occurrence or spread of any disorder, riot, or insurrection of 31
186	186	any state correctional facility, including, but not limited to, the development, planning, and 32
187	187	coordination of emergency riot procedures, and take suitable measures for the restoration of order; 33
188	188	(3) Establish and enforce standards for all state correctional facilities; 34
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192	192	(4) Supervise and/or approve the administration by the assistant directors of the 1
193	193	department; 2
194	194	(5) Manage, direct, and supervise the operations of the department; 3
195	195	(6) Direct employees in the performance of their official duties; 4
196	196	(7) Hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees and suspend, demote, discharge, 5
197	197	or take other necessary disciplinary action; 6
198	198	(8) Maintain the efficiency of the operations of the department; 7
199	199	(9) Determine the methods, means, and personnel by which those operations of the 8
200	200	department are to be conducted; 9
201	201	(10) Relieve employees from duties because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; 10
202	202	(11) Establish, maintain, and administer programs, including, but not limited to, education, 11
203	203	training, and employment, of persons committed to the custody of the department, designed as far 12
204	204	as practicable to prepare and assist each person to assume the responsibilities and exercise the rights 13
205	205	of a citizen of this state; 14
206	206	(12) Establish a system of classification of persons committed to the custody of the 15
207	207	department for the purpose of developing programs for each person in order to effectively develop 16
208	208	an individualized program for each sentenced inmate that will address each offender’s individual 17
209	209	treatment and rehabilitative needs, the department of corrections is authorized to receive, with the 18
210	210	express consent of the inmate, and upon request to the department of children, youth and families, 19
211	211	the offender’s juvenile arrest and/or adjudication records. Information related to the juvenile’s 20
212	212	family members and other third parties, excluding law enforcement personnel, shall be redacted 21
213	213	from the records provided prior to their release to the department. The records will be disclosed to 22
214	214	only those department personnel directly responsible for, and only for the purpose of, developing 23
215	215	the individualized program for the offender; 24
216	216	(13) Determine at the time of commitment, and from time to time thereafter, the custody 25
217	217	requirements and program needs of each person committed to the custody of the department and 26
218	218	assign or transfer those persons to appropriate facilities and programs; 27
219	219	(14) Establish training programs for employees of the department, including the use of an 28
220	220	application system for the department’s correctional officer training academy that leverages other 29
221	221	law enforcement entity recruiting and the establishment of any fee associated with such system, 30
222	222	provided that a state application process compliant with § 28-6.3-1 also be provided; 31
223	223	(15) Investigate grievances and inquire into alleged misconduct within the department; 32
224	224	(16) Maintain adequate records of persons committed to the custody of the department; 33
225	225	(17) Establish and maintain programs of research, statistics, and planning, and conduct 34
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229	229	studies relating to correctional programs and responsibilities of the department; 1
230	230	(18) Utilize, as far as practicable, the services and resources of specialized community 2
231	231	agencies and other local community groups in the development of programs, recruitment of 3
232	232	volunteers, and dissemination of information regarding the work and needs of the department; 4
233	233	(19) Make and enter into any contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the 5
234	234	performance of the duties and execution of the powers of the department, including, but not limited 6
235	235	to, contracts to render services to committed offenders, and to provide for training or education for 7
236	236	correctional officers and staff, except that no contracts shall be entered into with a private, for-8
237	237	profit prison facility, or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the 9
238	238	purposes of housing and detaining people; 10
239	239	(20) Seek to develop civic interest in the work of the department and educate the public to 11
240	240	the needs and goals of the corrections process; 12
241	241	(21) Expend annually in the exercise of his or her powers, performance of his or her duties, 13
242	242	and for the necessary operations of the department those sums that may be appropriated by the 14
243	243	general assembly; 15
244	244	(22) Make and promulgate necessary rules and regulations incident to the exercise of his 16
245	245	or her powers and the performance of his or her duties, including, but not limited to, rules and 17
246	246	regulations regarding nutrition, sanitation, safety, discipline, recreation, religious services, 18
247	247	communication, and visiting privileges, classification, education, training, employment, care, and 19
248	248	custody for all persons committed to correctional facilities; 20
249	249	(23) Make and promulgate regulations to provide: 21
250	250	(a) Written notice to licensed nursing facilities, licensed assisted-living residences, and 22
251	251	housing for the elderly whenever a person seeking to reside in one of these facilities or residences 23
252	252	is being released on parole for any of the following offenses: murder, voluntary manslaughter, 24
253	253	involuntary manslaughter, first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree 25
254	254	sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, assault with intent to commit 26
255	255	specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, or burglary), felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or 27
256	256	mistreatment of patients, burglary, first degree arson, felony larceny, or robbery; 28
257	257	(b) A risk assessment process to identify and recommend safety or security measures 29
258	258	necessary for the protection of other residents or clients, including whether the parolee should be 30
259	259	prohibited from residing in any such facility or residence or segregated from other residents or 31
260	260	clients to protect the security and safety of other residents; 32
261	261	(c) The written notice to licensed nursing facilities, assisted living residences, or housing 33
262	262	for the elderly shall include charge information and disposition about the offense for which the 34
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266	266	resident or client has been paroled, contact information for the resident’s or client’s parole 1
267	267	supervisor, a copy of the risk assessment and recommendations, if any, regarding safety and 2
268	268	security measures. A copy of the written notice shall be provided to the parolee; and 3
269	269	(d) A process for notifying the appropriate state regulatory agency and the state long-term 4
270	270	care ombudsman whenever notice as required in subsection (23)(a) of this section has been given; 5
271	271	(24) Notwithstanding the enumeration of the powers of the director as set forth in this 6
272	272	section, and notwithstanding any other provision of the general laws, the validity and enforceability 7
273	273	of the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement shall not be contested, affected, or 8
274	274	diminished, nor shall any arbitration award be vacated, remanded or set aside on the basis of an 9
275	275	alleged conflict with this section or with any other provision of the general laws. 10
276	276	SECTION 3. Section 45-2-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-2 entitled "General 11
277	277	Powers" is hereby amended to read as follows: 12
278	278	45-2-4. Power to own property and make contracts. 13
279	279	Cities and towns may take, purchase, and hold real and personal property, and alienate and 14
280	280	convey the property; and may also take, hold, and manage the property in trust for any charitable, 15
281	281	other than religious, uses, and may make all contracts, including lease or lease-purchase agreements 16
282	282	of real and personal property, necessary and convenient for the transaction of the business of the 17
283	283	city or town except that no contracts shall be entered into with the U.S. Immigration and Customs 18
284	284	Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 19
285	285	SECTION 4. Section 45-54-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-54 entitled "Municipal 20
286	286	Detention Facility Corporations" is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
287	287	45-54-6. Powers. 22
288	288	Except to the extent inconsistent with any specific provision of this chapter, the corporation 23
289	289	has the power: 24
290	290	(1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in its corporate name; 25
291	291	(2) To have a seal, which may be altered at pleasure, and to use the seal by causing it or a 26
292	292	facsimile to be impressed, affixed, or in any other manner reproduced. The seal shall be clearly 27
293	293	distinguishable from the seal of any city or town; 28
294	294	(3) To maintain an office at a place or places that it may designate within the boundaries 29
295	295	of the city or town whose council established the corporation; 30
296	296	(4) To determine the location and character of any project to be financed under the 31
297	297	provisions of this chapter, not inconsistent with local zoning ordinances; 32
298	298	(5) To purchase, hold, and use any property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, 33
299	299	or any interest in it, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes for the corporation, and to 34
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303	303	mortgage, lease, or sell any of that property; 1
304	304	(6) To acquire, whether by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, or otherwise, and to construct, 2
305	305	reconstruct, improve, erect, maintain, operate, manage, equip, and furnish, one or more projects, 3
306	306	including all real, personal, or mixed properties which it may deem necessary in connection with 4
307	307	that, and regardless of whether or not the project or projects shall then be in existence or shall then 5
308	308	be partially or wholly constructed; 6
309	309	(7) To lease, as lessor, to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or 7
310	310	private, any or all of its projects, and to charge and collect rent for them, and to terminate any lease 8
311	311	upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the obligations of the lease; 9
312	312	(8) To lease, as lessee, any property, real, personal or mixed, or any interest in property; 10
313	313	(9) To sell, exchange, mortgage, donate, and convey any or all of its properties whenever 11
314	314	it finds an action to be in furtherance of the purposes for which the corporation was established; 12
315	315	(10) To grant options to purchase any of its projects on whatever terms it may deem 13
316	316	advisable, and to grant options to renew any leases entered into by it in connection with any of its 14
317	317	projects on any terms it may deem advisable; 15
318	318	(11) To issue bonds of the corporation for the purpose of carrying out any of its purposes, 16
319	319	payable solely from the revenues pledged by the bonds for their payment, and to refund its bonds, 17
320	320	all as provided in this chapter; 18
321	321	(12) As security for the payment of the principal and interest on any bonds so issued and 19
322	322	any agreements made in connection with that, to mortgage and pledge any or all of its projects, or 20
323	323	any part or parts of them, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, to pledge their revenues and 21
324	324	receipts or from an interest of the bonds, and to assign or pledge the income received by virtue of 22
325	325	the lease or leases; 23
326	326	(13) To borrow money in anticipation of the issuance of bonds for any of its purposes, and 24
327	327	to issue notes, certificates, or other evidences of the borrowing, upon terms as may be authorized 25
328	328	by resolution of the corporation; 26
329	329	(14) To make and enter into all contracts, leases, and other agreements necessary or 27
330	330	incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter; 28
331	331	provided, that those contracts, leases, and other agreements with the federal government or other 29
332	332	federal agency are governed by federal procurement procedures, and other contracts, leases, or 30
333	333	other agreements are governed by the procurement requirements of the municipality, if any.; and, 31
334	334	provided further, that no contract shall be entered into with a private, for-profit prison facility or 32
335	335	with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and 33
336	336	detaining people; 34
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340	340	(15) Without limitation of the preceding, to borrow money from, to receive and accept 1
341	341	grants for or in aid of construction or acquisition of projects authorized under this chapter from, 2
342	342	and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with, the federal government or any federal 3
343	343	agency; and to receive and accept from the state or any municipality, and from any other source, 4
344	344	aid or contributions of money, property, labor, or other things of value; to be held, used, and applied 5
345	345	only for the purposes for which the grants and contributions may be made; 6
346	346	(16) To combine for financing purposes any two (2) or more projects authorized to be 7
347	347	acquired or constructed under the provisions of this chapter; 8
348	348	(17) To employ, in its discretion, attorneys, accountants, architectural and engineering 9
349	349	consultants, and other officers, employees, or agents as may be necessary in its judgment, and to 10
350	350	fix their compensation; 11
351	351	(18) To acquire in the name of the corporation by purchase or otherwise, on terms and 12
352	352	conditions and in the manner that it may deem proper, or by the exercise of the rights of 13
353	353	condemnation in the manner provided in § 45-54-9, public or private lands, or parts of them or 14
354	354	rights in them, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests as it may deem necessary 15
355	355	for carrying out the provisions of this chapter; provided, that all public property damaged in 16
356	356	carrying out the powers granted by this chapter is restored or repaired and placed in its original 17
357	357	condition as nearly as practicable; 18
358	358	(19) To do all other acts and to do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out 19
359	359	its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this chapter; 20
360	360	(20) To provide for the care, custody, control and transportation of all detainees or inmates 21
361	361	committed to detention or incarceration at any project and to take all necessary steps to maintain 22
362	362	security, safety and order, to prevent escapes from any project, to take all necessary precautions to 23
363	363	prevent the occurrence or spread of any disorder, riot, or insurrection of any project, including, but 24
364	364	not limited to, the development, planning and coordination of emergency riot procedures, and take 25
365	365	suitable measures for the restoration of order; 26
366	366	(21) To establish and enforce standards for each project; 27
367	367	(22) To establish and fund training and education programs for employees, under the 28
368	368	direction of the warden, the curriculum for which to be approved annually by the police officers’ 29
369	369	commission on standards and training, and to hire, promote, transfer, assign, and retain employees 30
370	370	for the operation of each project and suspend, demote, discharge, or take other necessary 31
371	371	disciplinary action with regard to such employees; 32
372	372	(23) To determine the methods, means, and personnel by which the operation of each 33
373	373	project is to be conducted; 34
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377	377	(24) To relieve employees of duty because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; 1
378	378	(25) To investigate grievances of its employees and to inquire into alleged misconduct by 2
379	379	employees; 3
380	380	(26) To make and promulgate necessary rules and regulations incident to the corporation’s 4
381	381	exercise of its powers and the performance of the corporation’s duties, including, but not limited 5
382	382	to, rules and regulations regarding nutrition, sanitation, safety, discipline, recreation, religious 6
383	383	services, communication and visiting privileges, classification, education, training, employment, 7
384	384	care, and custody for all persons detained at any project; and 8
385	385	(27) To delegate any or all of the above referenced powers to its duly designated agents, 9
386	386	servants, consultants or employees at its discretion, who being so designated may exercise said 10
387	387	power(s) on behalf of the corporation. 11
388	388	SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage. 12
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395	395	EXPLANATION
396	396	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
397	397	OF
398	398	A N A C T
399	399	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF
400	400	ADMINISTRATION
401	401	***
402	402	This act would prohibit contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. 1
403	403	Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people. 2
404	404	This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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406	406	LC001225
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