Sectional Analysis for HB 150

An Act giving notice of and approving a lease-purchase agreement with the City of Seward for the construction and operation of an addition to the Spring Creek Correctional Center, and setting conditions and limitations on the facility's construction and operation.

Section 1 provides for the construction and operation of a correctional facility in order to relieve overcrowding in existing facilities. It allows the Department of Administration, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, to enter into a lease-purchase agreement with the City of Seward. It will allow for the construction and operation of an addition to Spring Creek Correctional Center providing;

• The total cost not exceed $25,000,000.
• The total lease payments for the full term of the agreement may not exceed $47,200,000.
• The Department of Corrections annual rental obligation under the lease may not exceed $2,702,000.
• The State will own the correctional facility at the end of the lease.
• The bill will provide 250 additional beds to Spring Creek Correctional Center.