§ 12-41-105 - Commissions from prisoner telephone services.
12-41-105. Commissions from prisoner telephone services.
(a) Commissions derived from prisoner telephone services provided in the various county and regional detention facilities in the state shall be deposited into the county treasury of the county in which the detention facility is located and shall be credited to the sheriff's office fund.
(b) (1) Of the commissions deposited into the sheriff's office fund in each county pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, one hundred percent (100%) shall be credited to the sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund.
(2) Each county sheriff's office may allocate for the maintenance and operation of the county jail up to fifty percent (50%) of the commissions deposited into the sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to funds derived from prisoner telephone services provided in Department of Correction facilities or Department of Community Correction facilities or in municipally owned detention facilities or in county detention facilities in counties with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census.