§353-16.37 Community partnering. Regardless of the method for funding new prison facilities, the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall develop and implement a community partnering process to be incorporated into the request for proposal; this partnering process shall include a community hearing for the purpose of soliciting community input. Further, a community benefit and enhancement package shall be developed by the department and the affected community to mitigate the negative aspects of building a correctional facility in the community. The benefit and enhancement package may include but is not limited to: (1) Infrastructure improvements; (2) Job training programs or improvements to schools and health care facilities; (3) Social programs; and (4) Other government functions. [L 1998, c 227, pt of §5; am L 1999, c 134, §4; am L 2022, c 278, §29]
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