| | | The Governor shall ask the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial | | Court to serve as or to name a designee to serve as a member of | | the advisory committee. |
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| | | The advisory committee shall consult with labor unions | | representing both state and county employees and keep them | | informed regularly throughout the development of the study. |
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| | | 2. Appointments; chairs; meetings. All appointments must be | | made no later than 30 days following the effective date of this | | Part. The Governor shall appoint 2 cochairs from among the | | membership of the advisory committee, one representing the | | Department of Corrections and one representing county government. | | The cochairs shall call and convene the first meeting of the | | advisory committee no later than 15 days after the appointment of | | all members. The advisory committee may meet as often as | | necessary to accomplish its work. |
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| | | 3. Duties of advisory committee. The advisory committee | | shall oversee the development of a study that identifies the | | costs, benefits and cost savings associated with alternative | | corrections service delivery options that may include, but are | | not limited to, improved collaboration between State Government | | and county government and regionalization opportunities and cost | | reductions. |
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| | | In reviewing each option, the advisory committee shall consider | | costs, benefits, improved economies of scale, effective | | management of bed space, appropriate staffing levels and equal or | | improved program and service delivery. The advisory committee | | shall analyze the options with the goal of achieving efficiencies | | and managing the cost of correctional services at both the state | | and county levels. In conducting the study the advisory | | committee shall consider, but is not limited to, the following | | issues: |
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| | | A. The restructuring of county jails; |
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| | | B. The establishment of a decision-making process to | | approve the construction and financing of new correctional | | facilities; |
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| | | C. The establishment of criteria for the use of an | | incentive fund established to further the recommendations of | | the study; |
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| | | D. The level of state funding of county jails to include | | the existing funding through the community corrections laws | | and the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community | | Corrections Fund; and |
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