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Senate advances SB 183 to third reading after amending Draper correctional‑industrial park bill
Summary
Sen. Blackcomb told the Senate the first substitute to SB 183 creates a Utah Correctional Industries business park at the Draper facility, allowing private and correctional industry buildings on site; floor amendments addressed Draper City concerns and the bill was advanced to third reading unanimously as reported.
Senate Bill 183, a site-specific measure authorizing a Utah Correctional Industries business park at the Draper correctional facility, was amended on the Senate floor and advanced to the third-reading calendar on Feb. 23, 2000.
Sen. Blackcomb explained the substitute and technical amendments, saying the bill allows private buildings within the park as well as correctional-industries facilities and requires all buildings to comply with building-code procedures. He said the substitute resolved outstanding disagreements with Draper City and that Draper had accepted the language allowing joint decisionmaking on site-specific concerns.
Sen. Blackcomb added the project would place prisoners at the facility to work, providing training and some earnings that could aid prisoners’ transitions back into the community. The floor confirmed that buildings would be subject to normal building-code processes and that the state would retain ultimate control over state property zoning.
The Senate adopted the amendments and the clerk announced the first substitute SB 183 had received 22 yea votes, 0 nay votes and 7 absent, and the bill passed to the third-reading calendar.
Next steps: SB 183 will proceed on the third-reading calendar; the floor record notes the bill is site‑specific to Draper and that lease/contract provisions will govern private building arrangements on state land.
