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S.J.R. 101 Enrolled

                 

RESOLUTION APPROVING SETTLEMENT FOR

                 
PRIVATE PRISON

                 
2001 FIRST SPECIAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: David L. Gladwell

                  This joint resolution of the Legislature approves the legal settlement reached between the
                  Utah Department of Corrections and Cornell Corrections Corporation and their
                  subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction. This joint resolution has an
                  immediate effective date.
                  Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      WHEREAS, the Utah Department of Corrections, following a lengthy mediation process
                  conducted by the Honorable Judge James S. Sawaya (retired), entered into a Stipulation and
                  Agreement to pay Cornell Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and
                  Hogan Construction for claims resulting from the cancellation of the privatized prison project;
                      WHEREAS, the Stipulation and Agreement will be paid out of funds that have already been
                  budgeted in the Department of Corrections and the Division of Risk Management, thus eliminating
                  the need for further appropriation;
                      WHEREAS, the Governor has approved the settlement agreement and is submitting it to
                  the Legislature for approval as required by Subsection 63-38b-104 (2)(a); and
                      WHEREAS, Utah Code Section 63-38b-104 requires the Legislature's approval before a
                  state agency can execute a settlement agreement that might cost government entities more than $1
                  million to implement:
                      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the State of Utah
                  approves the settlement agreement that the Utah Department of Administrative Services, the
                  Attorney General's Office, and the Utah Department of Corrections negotiated with Cornell
                  Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction for
                  the payment of $1,547,000, which includes the $675,000 previously paid by the state to Cornell
                  Corrections Corporation and their subcontractors VCBO Architects and Hogan Construction.
                      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if approved by two-thirds of all the members elected


                  to each house, this resolution takes effect upon approval by the governor, or the day following the
                  constitutional time limit of Utah Constitution Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature,
                  or in the case of a veto, the date of veto override.

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