Bill Text: AZ SB1671 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Prisoner spendable accounts; restitution
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-02 - Chapter 80 [SB1671 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-SB1671-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: prisoner spendable accounts; restitution |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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SB 1671 |
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Introduced by Senator Gowan
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An Act
amending section 31-230, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to prisoners.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 31-230, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
31-230. Prisoner spendable accounts; fees
A. The director shall establish a prisoner spendable account for each prisoner. All monies that are received by a prisoner and that are not required to be deposited in another account shall be deposited in the prisoner's spendable account.
B. The director shall adopt rules for the disbursement of monies from prisoner spendable accounts.
C. If the court has ordered the prisoner to pay restitution pursuant to section 13-603, unless the court ordered a specific percentage to be withheld from the prisoner's spendable account, the director shall withdraw a minimum of twenty percent, or the balance owing on the restitution amount, up to a maximum of fifty percent of the monies available in the prisoner's spendable account each month to pay the court ordered restitution.
D. The director may establish by rule a fee for any deposits made to a prisoner spendable account. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, any monies collected pursuant to this subsection in the department of corrections building renewal fund established by section 41-797.
E. Before a prisoner's discharge, the state department of corrections may withdraw from the prisoner's spendable account any applicable fees prescribed by title 28 or the department of transportation's rules for the issuance of either a driver license or a nonoperating identification license to the prisoner, if eligible.
