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Model State Bill Prohibiting Wireless Handsets in Prisons
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This agenda--underwritten
SEC. xx. PROVIDING OR POSSESSING WIRELESS HANDSETS IN PRISONS.
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includes major tax
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for big industries
and Agriculture
and the super rich,
Chapter __ of title __, Revised Statutes of [State] [prohibiting the provision or
possession of contraband in prison], is amended by adding the following:
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"SEC. xx. PROVIDING OR POSSESSING WIRELESS HANDSETS.
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of these
bills have become
Elections
law, until now, their origin
has been
largely
unknown.
Tax and
Fiscal
Policy
"(1) provides to an inmate of a prison a wireless handset, or attempts to do
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and undermining democracy
year, or both.
across the nation.

ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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"(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—

"(1) the term 'prison' means a State correctional, detention, or penal facility
or any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by
direction of or pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Attorney General;

"(2) the term 'wireless communications service' means 'commercial mobile
service' or 'personal wireless services' as such terms are defined in section 332 of
the Federal Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332); and

"(3) the term 'wireless handset' means a device utilized by a user of
wireless communications service in connection with such service."

Jointly adopted by the Public Safety and Elections Task Force and the
Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
May 1-2, 2009.
Approved by the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Board of Directors
June 6, 2009.

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