SB 228

This bill requires the Department of Administration to solicit public bids to sell

the Green Bay Correctional Institution and other specified parcels of land in the

village of Allouez. This bill also requires DOA to solicit bids for a contract to build

per DOA's specifications, and lease to the state with an option to purchase, a prison

facility in Brown County or in an adjacent county to have an occupancy date of no

later than November 1, 2022. This bill requires that the facility be managed and

staffed by employees of the Department of Corrections. Under this bill, DOA must

also enter into a lease with the purchaser of the GBCI that will allow the state to

continue to use the institution and property until the occupancy date of the new

facility. If the state purchases the new facility, the state will make an annual

payment to the municipality where the facility is located equal to the property taxes

paid by the owner of the facility for the last year in which the property was subject

to taxation.