(1) An inmate telephone service provider may not provide a fee or commission to a local or regional correctional facility, city or county for the provision of inmate telephone services other than a fee of five cents per minute or less, or other amount authorized by the Public Utility Commission by rule, for completed interstate, intrastate or international calls.

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(2) The per-minute rate limits described in ORS § 169.683 apply to the fee described in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) Any fee or commission received by a local or regional correctional facility, city or county under subsection (1) of this section must be deposited in the Inmate Welfare Fund Account, established under ORS § 169.685, of the city or county receiving the fee or commission, or of the city or county in which the correctional facility receiving the fee or commission is located.

(4)(a) A local or regional correctional facility, city or county that receives a fee or commission described in subsection (1) of this section shall prepare a quarterly report with the following information:

(A) A monthly accounting of the total revenue received from the inmate telephone service provider;

(B) The total per-minute fees received;

(C) The share of revenue received by the correctional facility, city or county; and

(D) A detailed list of expenditures during the previous quarter from the Inmate Welfare Fund Account established under ORS § 169.685.

(b) The correctional facility, city or county shall make the report described in paragraph (a) of this subsection available to the public and shall place a link to the report on the website of the correctional facility, city or county.

(5) The Public Utility Commission may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section, including rules that authorize fees in an amount other than that described in subsection (1) of this section.

(6) As used in this section, ‘regional correctional facility’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 169.620. [2019 c.335 § 4]