Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, after the commissioning and implementation of a marketing feasibility study for any proposed new prison industry, the corporation may establish such prison industry. Before any new industry is established, the corporation shall hold a hearing to determine the impact such industry may have on the private sector market. The corporation shall provide adequate and advance notice regarding the nature, time, date and place of such hearing. After the hearing which is required under this section, the corporation may commence negotiations with the State Department of Corrections, with the Secretary of State, or his designee, serving as a mediator, regarding the leasing of land and other chattels for the purpose of establishing any new industry.Laws, 1990, ch. 534, § 8; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1996, ch. 547, § 17, eff. 4/13/1996.Brought forward by Laws, 2024, ch. 464, SB 2445,§ 11, eff. 7/1/2024.
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