Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

SECTION ____.01.  Section 495.027(d), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d)  Subject to board approval, the department shall adopt policies governing the use of the pay telephone service by an inmate confined in a facility operated by the department, including a policy governing the eligibility of an inmate to use the service. The policies adopted under this subsection may not unduly restrict calling patterns or volume and must allow for an average monthly call usage rate of not less than 480 minutes per month [eight calls, with each call having an average duration of not less than 10 minutes,] per eligible inmate.