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| | | An Act To Improve the Prisoner Telephone System |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation reduces the costs of telephone calls | | for prisoners and their families through the use of prepaid phone | | accounts; and |
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| | | Whereas, immediate enactment of this legislation is necessary | | for the timely implementation of the Department of Corrections' | | telephone system; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 4 MRSA §1058, sub-§§1, 3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 75, | | §1, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Prepayment of filing fee and certified copies required. A | | person who is confined in a federal, state, county or local | | correctional or detention facility may not bring a civil action |
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