| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Feb 03, 2023 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S4155
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 10th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
2023-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4155
SPONSOR: SANDERS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the reduction of
incarcerated individual telephone rates
PURPOSE:
To reduce and cap the cost of outgoing inmate phone calls.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 623 of the correction
law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2007, providing the depart-
ment shall make every effort to reduce the rates of inmate phone calls
and place a reasonable cap on the cost of outgoing calls.
Section 2 provides this act shall take effect immediately.
2023-S4155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4155
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the reduction of
incarcerated individual 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 amended by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
follows:
3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REDUCE THE RATES OF
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL 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 incarcerated individual phone
call system established by this section provides reasonable security
measures to preserve the safety and security of each correctional facil-
ity, all staff and all persons outside a facility who may receive incar-
cerated individual 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.
LBD00162-01-3
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