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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018

CHAPTER 198

HOUSE BILL 2188

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 41‑1604.03, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 41-1604.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-1604.03.  Special services fund; uses; report

A.  A  The special services fund is established in the state department of corrections.  The department shall administer the fund.

B.  The director shall transfer five hundred thousand dollars from the special services fund annually to the department of corrections building renewal fund established by section 41‑797.  Any remaining monies in the special services fund, including the inmate recreation fund, may be used for the following purposes:

1.  The benefit, education and welfare of committed offenders, including the establishment, maintenance, purchase of items for resale and other necessary expenses of operation of canteens and hobby shops.

2.  To pay the costs of a telephonic victim notification system implementing, operating and maintaining technologies and programs for inmate use.  Revenues that are generated by the inmate telephone system and the automated public access program use of technology, including telephone systems, kiosks and tablets, shall be deposited in the special services fund.

C.  On or before August 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that contains a full and complete account of special services fund transactions relating to the inmate telephone system and the telephonic victim notification system for the preceding fiscal year. END_STATUTE

 

 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR APRIL 12, 2018.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 13, 2018.