REFERENCE TITLE: inmate telephone system service contracts State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2157 Introduced by Representatives Crews: Travers; Senator Ortiz AN ACT amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1604.21; relating to the state department of corrections. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: inmate telephone system service contracts
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2157
Introduced by Representatives Crews: Travers; Senator Ortiz
REFERENCE TITLE: inmate telephone system service contracts
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2157
Introduced by
Representatives Crews: Travers; Senator Ortiz
AN ACT
amending title 41, chapter 11, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1604.21; relating to the state department of corrections.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. 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
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. 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