Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-381

EPS 381

MIDDLESEX COUNTY JAIL FACILITY REPLACEMENT COMMISSION

Mr. DiDomenico and Ms. Clark and Mr. Donnelly and Ms. Creem and Ms. Jehlen moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section _____, the following new Section: -

SECTION ____.  (a) There shall be a special commission to identify and evaluate potential sites suitable for the placement of a replacement jail facility consistent in Middlesex County with the provisions of Chapter 304 of the Acts of 2008.  The commission shall establish whether said sites are appropriate to adjoin facilities that perform related criminal justice functions, including courts, pre-arraignment lockup facilities and special population facilities.  The commission shall document the needs of the communities and individuals they serve, and make recommendations regarding the most efficient and effective investment of public resources in meeting these needs.

(b) The commission shall include the following officers or their designees: the secretary of public safety and security, who shall chair the commission, the secretary of administration and finance, the Middlesex sheriff, the administrative office of the trial court, the Middlesex superior court clerk,  the commissioner of capital asset management; the Middlesex district attorney; chief counsel of the committee for public counsel services, 1 member of the senate appointed by the president; 1 member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker.  Members not otherwise subject to chapter 268A of the General Laws by virtue of their public positions shall not be considered to be special state employees for purposes of said chapter 268A by virtue of their service on the commission.

(c) The commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor and the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate not later than November 1, 2011.