Assembly Actions -
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Mar 24, 2020 |
referred to correction |
Assembly Bill A10179
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A10179 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10179 I N A S S E M B L Y March 24, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing electronic mail services to an incarcerated individual THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: § 623. [Inmate] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL telephone AND ELECTRONIC MAIL services. 1. Telephone AND ELECTRONIC MAIL services contracts for [inmates] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS in state correctional facilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state finance law provided, however, that when determining the best value of such telephone AND ELECTRONIC MAIL service, the lowest possible cost to the telephone AND ELECTRONIC MAIL user shall be empha- sized. 2. A. The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an [inmate] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of [inmate] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL telephone service, as an additional means of payment, must permit the recipient of [inmate] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL calls to establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay for such collect calls in advance. B. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE A "PREPAID" SYSTEM FOR ELEC- TRONIC MAIL SERVICE. UNDER THE "PREPAID" SYSTEM, FUNDS MAY BE DEPOSITED INTO AN ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL ELECTRONIC MAIL PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE OR ADMINISTER A PREPAID SYSTEM. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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