Assembly Bill A6171

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the reduction of inmate telephone rates

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3422
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §623, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7228
2017-2018: S4640
2019-2020: S2235
2023-2024: S4155

2021-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reduction of inmate telephone rates.

2021-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6171
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GALLAGHER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in  relation  to  the  reduction  of
   inmate telephone rates
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 623 of the correction  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  240  of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as
 follows:
   3.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT  TO  REDUCE  THE  RATES  OF
 INMATE  PHONE  CALLS  AND PLACE A REASONABLE CAP ON THE COST OF OUTGOING
 CALLS.
   4. The department shall not accept or receive revenue in excess of its
 reasonable operating cost for establishing and administering such  tele-
 phone  system  services  as provided in subdivisions one and two of this
 section.
   [4.] 5. The  department  shall  establish  rules  and  regulations  or
 departmental  procedures  to  ensure  that  any inmate phone call system
 established by this section provides  reasonable  security  measures  to
 preserve  the  safety  and  security  of each correctional facility, all
 staff and all persons outside a facility who may  receive  inmate  phone
 calls.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04593-01-1

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