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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 4 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS completion, location, and estimated cost of completion. The plan must also provide an update on all on-going projects previously funded by the Legislature. All new projects estimated to exceed $5 million shall be outsourced to a competitively procured construction management firm. The department shall submit the correctional facilities capital improvement plan annually by August 1 of each fiscal year to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget. The Department of Corrections shall request the release of funds pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 716, $2,500,000 in nonrecurring funds from the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund is provided for the benefit and welfare of inmates in state-operated correctional institutions, to include fixed capital outlay needs for the expansion of educational facilities and environmental health upgrades to facilities, including repairs and maintenance that could improve environmental conditions of correctional facilities. 718 FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY CORRECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFICIENCIES FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 3,000,000 719A FIXED CAPITAL OUTLAY NEW CORRECTIONAL HOUSING UNITS FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 56,400,000 TOTAL: CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . . 290,793,955 FROM TRUST FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . 2,700,000 TOTAL POSITIONS . . . . . . . . . . 551.00 TOTAL ALL FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . 293,493,955 CONTRACTOR-OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES From the funds in Specific Appropriations 721D through 721F, $1,217,262 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided as payment in lieu of ad valorem taxation for distribution to local government taxing authorities. Funding is provided as follows: Bay Correctional Facility................................. 269,324 Moore Haven Correctional Facility......................... 339,242 South Bay Correctional Facility........................... 275,560 Gadsden Correctional Facility............................. 100,000 Lake City Correctional Facility........................... 90,236 Sago Palm Facility........................................ 142,900 From the funds in Specific Appropriations 721D through 721F, $150,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to pay for subject matter experts to conduct medical and mental health site visits of the medical departments of contractor-operated correctional facilities and perform quality management audits. Contractor-Operated Adult Male Operations................. 109,350 Contractor-Operated Adult and Youthful Female Offender Custody Operations...................................... 22,800 Contractor-Operated Male Youthful Offender Custody Operations.............................................. 17,850 From the funds in Specific Appropriations 721D through 721F, a total of $8,500,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for the sole purpose of raising salaries for correctional officers in contractor-operated correctional facilities as follows: Bay Correctional Facility................................. 554,968 Blackwater Correctional Facility.......................... 1,743,283 Graceville Correctional Facility.......................... 858,839 Gadsden Correctional Facility............................. 594,463 Lake City Correctional Facility........................... 2,105,175 Moore Haven Correctional Facility......................... 914,944 South Bay Correctional Facility........................... 1,728,328 From the funds in Specific Appropriations 721D through 721F, $10,155,171 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided for contract extensions at the following contractor-operated correctional 157