101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3124

 

Introduced , by Rep. Justin Slaughter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/3-4-1  from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person committed to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice may not be charged for making a telephone call from an institution or facility of the Department.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5changing Section 3-4-1 as follows:
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-4-1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-1)
7    Sec. 3-4-1. Gifts and Grants; Special Trusts Funds;
8Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund.
9    (a) The Department may accept, receive and use, for and in
10behalf of the State, any moneys, goods or services given for
11general purposes of this Code by the federal government or from
12any other source, public or private, including collections from
13inmates, and reimbursement of payments under the Workers'
14Compensation Act, and commissions from inmate collect call
15telephone systems under an agreement with the Department of
16Central Management Services. For these purposes the Department
17may comply with such conditions and enter into such agreements
18upon such covenants, terms, and conditions as the Department
19may deem necessary or desirable, if the agreement is not in
20conflict with State law.
21    (a-5) A person committed to the Department of Corrections
22or the Department of Juvenile Justice may not be charged for
23making a telephone call from an institution or facility of the

 

 

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1Department. Beginning January 1, 2018, the Department of
2Central Management Services shall contract with the qualified
3vendor who proposes the lowest per minute rate not exceeding 7
4cents per minute for debit, prepaid, collect calls and who does
5not bill to any party any tax, service charge, or additional
6fee exceeding the per minute rate, including, but not limited
7to, any per call surcharge, account set up fee, bill statement
8fee, monthly account maintenance charge, or refund fee as
9established by the Federal Communications Commission Order for
10state prisons in the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate
11Calling Services, Second Report and Order, WC Docket 12-375,
12FCC 15-136 (adopted Oct. 22, 2015). Telephone services made
13available through a prepaid or collect call system shall
14include international calls; those calls shall be made
15available at reasonable rates subject to Federal
16Communications Commission rules and regulations, but not to
17exceed 23 cents per minute. This amendatory Act of the 99th
18General Assembly applies to any new or renewal contract for
19inmate calling services.
20    (b) On July 1, 1998, the Department of Corrections
21Reimbursement Fund and the Department of Corrections Education
22Fund shall be combined into a single fund to be known as the
23Department of Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund,
24which is hereby created as a special fund in the State
25Treasury. The moneys deposited into the Department of
26Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund shall be

 

 

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1appropriated to the Department of Corrections for the expenses
2of the Department.
3    The following shall be deposited into the Department of
4Corrections Reimbursement and Education Fund:
5        (i) Moneys received or recovered by the Department of
6    Corrections as reimbursement for expenses incurred for the
7    incarceration of committed persons.
8        (ii) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as
9    reimbursement of payments made under the Workers'
10    Compensation Act.
11        (iii) (Blank). Moneys received by the Department as
12    commissions from inmate collect call telephone systems.
13        (iv) Moneys received or recovered by the Department as
14    reimbursement for expenses incurred by the employment of
15    persons referred to the Department as participants in the
16    federal Job Training Partnership Act programs.
17        (v) Federal moneys, including reimbursement and
18    advances for services rendered or to be rendered and moneys
19    for other than educational purposes, under grant or
20    contract.
21        (vi) Moneys identified for deposit into the Fund under
22    Section 13-44.4 of the School Code.
23        (vii) Moneys in the Department of Corrections
24    Reimbursement Fund and the Department of Corrections
25    Education Fund at the close of business on June 30, 1998.
26(Source: P.A. 99-878, eff. 1-1-17.)