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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session
prisoner accounts; use; ADOT credentialing
Purpose
Allows the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) to use monies from a prisoner's spendable account to pay for fees related to the issuance of a driver license or nonoperating identification license.
Background
Current statute requires prisoners engaged in productive work in any state prison or private prison under contract with the ADC to receive compensation on a graduated schedule based on quality and quantity of work performed. Compensation is deposited into a prisoner's dedicated discharge account, or spendable account depending on the amount of hourly wages earned (A.R.S. § 31-254).
Deposits into a dedicated discharge account are required until the balance reaches $250 and are distributed to the prisoner upon the prisoner's discharge or transfer to community release status or home arrest. Monies in this account are subject to withdrawal in order to pay fees related to the issuance of a prisoner's driver license or nonoperating identification license, if necessary (A.R.S. § 31-237).
Any monies not required to be deposited into a specified account must be deposited into a spendable account. Monies in this account can be used to cover any of the following: 1) damages to state property caused by the prisoner; 2) medical treatment for injuries caused by the prisoner; 3) apprehending the prisoner; 4) quelling a riot in which the prisoner participated in; and 5) court ordered restitution. Rules governing other disbursements of monies from spendable accounts are found in Chapter 900 of the ADC Order Manual (A.R.S. § 31-230).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Allows ADC to use monies in either a dedicated discharge account or spendable account to pay for statutorily or administratively set fees related to the issuance of a driver license or nonoperating identification license.
2. Makes technical changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 18, 2019
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