§ 7-a. Relationship with the state department of corrections and
community supervision. The corporation, upon the issuance by the
director of the budget of a certificate of approval segregating funds to
pay for their corporate services, shall design, construct, reconstruct,
rehabilitate, improve, and equip facilities for the department of
corrections and community supervision or cause facilities to be
designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, improved, and
equipped. The corporation shall also assist and cooperate with and shall
make its personnel and services fully available to the commissioner of
corrections and community supervision and the department of corrections
and community supervision in matters relating to their responsibilities
for site selection, acquisition of and capital planning relating to
facilities for the department of corrections and community supervision.
During the course of construction, acquisition, reconstruction,
rehabilitation and improvement of such facilities, the corporation shall
consult with the commissioner of corrections and community supervision
and the personnel of the department of corrections and community
supervision as the work progresses in matters relating to space
requirements, site plans, architectural concept and substantial changes
in the plans and specifications therefor and in matters relating to the
original furnishings, equipment, machinery, and apparatus needed to
furnish and equip such facilities upon the completion of the work. The
commissioner of corrections and community supervision and the department
of corrections and community supervision shall assist and cooperate with
the corporation in such matters.