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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
March 13, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Kessler, A. Williams, Roys,
Fields, Grigsby, Mason, Turner, Soletski, Smith, Schneider, Pope-Roberts,
Sherman, Berceau, Black, Young and Toles, cosponsored by Senator Taylor.
Referred to Committee on Corrections and the Courts.
AB144,1,2
1An Act to create 302.395 of the statutes;
relating to: charges for inmate
2telephone use at a jail or house of correction.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, charges imposed for a telephone call made by a person confined
in a jail or house of correction may not exceed the charges that would be imposed for
a comparable telephone call made by a person confined in a state prison.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB144, s. 1
3Section
1. 302.395 of the statutes is created to read:
AB144,1,7
4302.395 Charges for inmate telephone use. The charges imposed for a
5telephone call made by a person confined in a jail or house of correction may not
6exceed the charges that would be imposed for a comparable telephone call made by
7a person confined in a state prison.
