PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 561, 1289                PRINTER'S NO. 1314

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 537 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, O'PAKE, BELAN, PORTERFIELD, STOUT,
           RHOADES, STAPLETON, DELP, ROBBINS, PETERSON, ANDREZESKI,
           WAGNER AND FISHER, FEBRUARY 14, 1995

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, JUNE 21, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, providing for State correctional
     3     institutions.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 2907.  State correctional institutions.
     9     (a)  Identification of calls.--Telephone companies             <--
    10  TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS which provide telephone       <--
    11  TELECOMMUNICATION services to State correctional institutions     <--
    12  shall identify all calls made by inmates as originating from a
    13  State correctional facility.
    14     (b)  Collect calls.--All personal calls made by inmates shall
    15  be collect calls only. Calls shall be "operator announcement"     <--
    16  calls. The person receiving the call shall be notified of the     <--
    17  origin of the call and that the call may be recorded or
    18  monitored.

     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




















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