REFERENCE TITLE: inmate telephone systems; prohibited contracts

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019

HB 2194

Introduced by Representative Bolding

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 31, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 31‑133; amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1604.21; relating to jails and prisons.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Title 31, chapter 1, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 31-133, to read:

START_STATUTE31-133.  Inmate telephone system service contracts; prohibited terms

The sheriff may not enter into a contract or agreement for inmate telephone system services that Allows the sheriff to accept or receive revenue in excess of the sheriff's reasonable operating cost for establishing and administering the inmate telephone system services, including a contract or agreement that Allows commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses, inflated rent payments or the supplying of technologies that are unrelated to the actual telephone service. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1604.21, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1604.21.  Inmate telephone system service contracts; prohibited terms

The department may not enter into a contract or agreement for inmate telephone system services that Allows the department to accept or receive revenue in excess of the department's reasonable operating cost for establishing and administering the inmate telephone system services, including a contract or agreement that Allows commissions, profit sharing, percentage payments, up-front signing bonuses, inflated rent payments or the supplying of technologies that are unrelated to the actual telephone service. END_STATUTE