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                                     LRB093 08425 RCE 13923 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 629

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 629 as follows:

 3    on  page  2,  by  replacing  lines  8  through  21  with  the
 4    following:
 5        "(c)  Profits on sales from commissary  stores  shall  be
 6    expended  by  the  Department  for  the  special  benefit  of
 7    committed  persons which shall include but not limited to the
 8    advancement of inmate payrolls, for the  special  benefit  of
 9    employees,  and  for  the  advancement  or  reimbursement  of
10    employee travel, provided that amounts expended for employees
11    shall  not  exceed  the  amount of profits derived from sales
12    made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by  the
13    Department.
14        Any  funds  expended  pursuant  to  this  Section for the
15    benefit  of  employees  shall  be  allocated  based  on   the
16    recommendations  of  an  Employee  Benefit  Committee  to  be
17    comprised of equal numbers of representatives from management
18    and  the  employees'  collective bargaining representative at
19    each facility."; and

20    by replacing line 33 on page 2 and lines 1 through 7 on  page
21    3 with the following:
22    "non-tobacco products from 3% through 10%. A compliance audit
23    of all"; and
 
                            -2-      LRB093 08425 RCE 13923 a
 1    on  page  3,  line  21,  by  inserting  after  the period the
 2    following:
 3    "Nothing  in  this  Section  precludes  the  Department  from
 4    continuing to contract with a private vendor at a facility at
 5    which commissary services have been  operated  by  a  private
 6    vendor prior to April 1, 2003.".