§57-557. Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.
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A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Corrections to be known as the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund. This revolving fund shall consist of monies received by each institution of the Department as reimbursements for noninmate individual food consumption; reimbursements from other state agencies and entities of government; receipts from sale of excess by-products, excess property, and salvage items; receipts from other ancillary services of the institution, not otherwise provided by law; receipts from the fees provided for in Sections 982 and 991d of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes; monitoring fees for electronically monitored home detention; receipts from the fees provided for in Section 153 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes for convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating substance; monies received for providing primary health care and outpatient services to prisoners in county jails; receipts by the Department for institutional care from wages earned by inmates while participating in the work release program; funds for prison rodeos and other special events; and any other receipts accruing to the credit of the
Department of Corrections which are not directed by law to be deposited in another fund. Expenditures from said fund shall be for the general operating expenses of the Department of Corrections.
B. The Department of Corrections Revolving Fund shall also consist of those monies that are transferred to it by the Department of Corrections from the Industries Revolving Fund of the Department of Corrections for purposes as provided for in Section 541 of this title and expenditures shall be in accordance therewith. On July 1, 1983, any cash remaining in the Department of Corrections Industries Subsidiary Revolving Fund in excess of allotment balances or encumbrances for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983, shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund and on November 15, 1983, all cash remaining in the Department of Corrections Industries Subsidiary Revolving Fund shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.
C. The fund created by subsection A of this section shall be a continuing fund, under the control of the administrative authority of the Department of Corrections, and not subject to fiscal year limitations. Expenditures shall be made pursuant to the laws of the state and the statutes relating to the Department of Corrections and its institutions, and without legislative appropriation. Warrants for expenditures from said revolving fund shall be based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of the Department of Corrections and approved for payment by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.
Added by Laws 1978, c. 273, § 15, emerg. eff. May 10, 1978. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 315, § 7, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1983, c. 266, § 14, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1992, c. 382, § 9, emerg. eff. June 9, 1992; Laws 1993, c. 10, § 5, emerg. eff. March 21, 1993; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 253. NOTE: Laws 1992, c. 319, § 6 repealed by Laws 1993, c. 10, § 16, emerg. eff. March 21, 1993.