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New Mexico Statutes Annotated
§ 33-14-1. Contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a
correctional facility or jail; conditions
A. A contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional
facility or jail shall be negotiated and awarded to an entity that meets the correctional facility's or
jail's technical and functional requirements for services, and that provides the lowest cost of
service to inmates or any person who pays for inmate telecommunication services.
B. A contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunications services in a correctional
facility or jail shall not include a commission or other payment to the operator of the correctional
facility or jail based upon amounts billed by the telecommunications provider for telephone calls
made by inmates in the correctional facility or jail.
C. As used in this section:
(1) “correctional facility” means a state correctional facility or a privately operated correctional
facility; and
(2) “jail” means a county jail, a municipal jail or a privately operated jail.
CREDIT(S)
L. 2001, Ch. 33, § 1; L. 2001, Ch. 115, § 1.
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Both L. 2001, Ch. 33, § 1 and L. 2001, Ch. 115, § 1, enacted this section. The enactments were
identical.
NMSA 1978, § 33-14-1, NM ST § 33-14-1
Current through the First Regular Session of the 50th Legislature (2011)
