Amendment ID: S2480-34

Amendment 34

Relative to Commissions and Fees

Ms. Creem moves that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following section:

"SECTION __ . Chapter 227 of the Acts of 2020 is hereby amended in item 8910-7110 by striking the words:- 'provided further, that not later than February 1, 2021, the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing, for each sheriff’s office: (i) all services and goods provided to inmates in which the sheriff’s office receives revenue'; and inserting in place thereof the following: -

'provided further, that not later than February 1, 2021, the association shall submit a report to the house and senate committees on ways and means detailing, for each sheriff’s office: (i) all services and goods provided to inmates in which the sheriff’s office receives revenue, including, but not be limited to, an accounting and documentation of how commissions and fees derived from the provision of telephone or other telecommunication services to prisoners have been allocated for each of the past three fiscal years, provided further that such documentation shall include each contract and addendums entered into with such provider of telephone or telecommunication services for such period and shall include an itemized listing of amounts expended on inmate treatment and programs from appropriated funds or grants and a separate listing of such expenditures made from such commissions and fees;'"