47-5-569 - Department to lease all or none of work programs at any one correctional institution; disposition of rent paid by corporation; approval of leases.

MISSISSIPPI STATUTES AND CODES

47-5-569 - Department to lease all or none of work programs at any one correctional institution; disposition of rent paid by corporation; approval of leases.

§ 47-5-569. Department to lease all or none of work programs at any one correctional institution; disposition of rent paid by corporation; approval of leases.

(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, if the department leases a single correctional work program at any correctional institution to the corporation, the corporation shall lease all such correctional work programs at that institution. Any rent paid by the corporation to the department shall be deposited in a correctional programs trust fund for enhancement of education and training, post-release job placement, and other correctional purposes related to the purposes of this chapter (Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575).

(2) All leases of department-owned land for the funding or operations of the corporation shall be subject to the approval of the corporation, the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the Public Procurement Review Board.

(3) This section shall not apply to any program within the prison agricultural enterprises operated by the department.

Sources: Laws, 1990, ch. 534, § 20; Laws, 1992, ch. 506, § 10; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1996, ch. 547, § 29, eff from and after passage (approved April 13, 1996).