California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1876


Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk

February 19, 2014


An act to add Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 22120) to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, relating to county jails.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1876, as introduced, Quirk. County jails: telephone service contracts.

Existing law imposes specified procedural and substantive content requirements on contracts entered into by local agencies, including cities and counties.

This bill would prohibit a county jail from accepting a commission or other payment from a telephone company as an incentive to adopt a contract for providing telephone services to inmates of the jail.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 22120)
2is added to Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, to
3read:

 

P2    1Chapter  3.2. County Jails
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22120.  

A county jail shall not accept a commission or other
4payment from a telephone company as an incentive to adopt a
5contract for providing telephone services to inmates of the jail.



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