Indiana House Bill 1233 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation
Pending: House Interstate and International Cooperation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Provides that the department of correction (DOC) shall provide every indigent offender, without cost, a reasonable amount of stationery, envelopes, and postage for transmission of correspondence. Provides that other offenders may purchase stationery, envelopes, and postage, and that all offenders may use interoffice mail to communicate with the DOC and with other agencies of state government. Specifies that the DOC shall provide offenders with the ability to prepare and send legal mail without charge. (Under current law, the DOC is required to provide all offenders with stationery, envelopes, and postage.)

Stationery and postage for indigent offenders.

Rep. Thomas Dermody [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-11		First reading: referred to Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation
2010-01-11		Authored by Representative Dermody

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1233
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1233.1.html