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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6714 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 6051 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (JUD) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE C OST OF TELECOMMUNICA TIONS |
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| 21 | 21 | | SERVICES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) The Commissioner of 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Correction shall provide telephone service to persons who are in the 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | custody of the commissioner and confined in a correctional facility. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The commissioner may supplement such telephone service with any 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | other telecommunications service, including, but not limited to, video 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | communication and electronic mail services. To the extent that the 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | commissioner provides any such service, each such service shall be 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided free of charge to such persons and any communication, 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | whether initiated or received through any such service, shall be free of 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | charge to the person initiating or receiving the communication. The 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Department of Correction shall not receive revenue for the provision of 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | telephone service or any other telecommunications service to any 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | person in the custody of the commissioner and confined in a 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | correctional facility. The commissioner shall not limit or replace in-14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | person visits to any such person based on the provision of telephone 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | service or any other telecommunications service. 16 Committee Bill No. 6714 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO 6051 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2019HB-06714- |
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