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AB-2959 Prisons: food.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 5018 is added to the Penal Code, to read:

5018.
 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in coordination with the Department of Rehabilitation, shall ensure that food items sold in prison vending machines do not exceed a 35-percent markup above the average market retail price in the community in which the prison is located.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2028.