1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the director may acquire from or lease one or more buildings or portions of buildings on the grounds of any correctional center, together with the real estate needed for reasonable access to and egress from the leased building, for a term to be decided upon by the director and the lessee, to a private individual, firm, corporation, or other lawful entity for the purpose of establishing and operating a plasmapheresis program.

2. Subject to the approval by the director, any corporation operating a plasmapheresis program under this section may employ and discharge from such employment selected offenders of the correctional center where it operates.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 217.592

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Correctional center: any premises or institution where incarceration, evaluation, care, treatment, or rehabilitation is provided to persons who are under the department's authority. See Missouri Laws 217.010
  • Department: the department of corrections of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 217.010
  • Director: the director of the department of corrections or his or her designee. See Missouri Laws 217.010
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC

3. The authority of the director over the correctional centers of the department and the offenders in such correctional centers shall not be diminished by this section.

4. The plasmapheresis program when operated from or within any correctional center under the department shall be deemed a vocational enterprise.