HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 483
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 The Committee on Crime Prevention, Corrections & Safety
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14 Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 remove from the bill: everything after the enacting clause
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19 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (1) of
20 section 945.215, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
21 945.215 Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust
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23 (1) INMATE WELFARE TRUST FUND; DEPARTMENT OF
24 CORRECTIONS.--
25 (b) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund must be
26 used exclusively for the following purposes at correctional
27 facilities operated directly by the department:
28 1. To operate inmate canteens and vending machines,
29 including purchasing items for resale at inmate canteens and
30 vending machines; employing personnel and inmates to manage,
31 supervise, and operate inmate canteens and vending machines;
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1 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
2 associated with operating inmate canteens and vending
3 machines;
4 2. To employ personnel to manage and supervise the
5 proceeds from telephone commissions;
6 3. To develop, implement, and maintain the medical
7 copayment accounting system;
8 4. To provide literacy programs, vocational training
9 programs, and educational programs that comply with standards
10 of the Department of Education, including employing personnel
11 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
12 associated with providing such programs;
13 5. To operate inmate chapels, faith-based programs,
14 visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs, family
15 services and programs, libraries, and law libraries, including
16 employing personnel and covering other operating and fixed
17 capital outlay expenses associated with operating inmate
18 chapels, faith-based programs, visiting pavilions, visiting
19 services and programs, family services and programs,
20 libraries, and law libraries;
21 6. To provide for expenses associated with various
22 inmate clubs;
23 7. To provide for expenses associated with legal
24 services for inmates;
25 8. To provide inmate substance abuse treatment
26 programs and transition and life skills training programs,
27 including employing personnel and covering other operating and
28 fixed capital outlay expenses associated with providing such
29 programs;.
30 9. To provide for the purchase, rental, maintenance
31 and repair of electronic or audiovisual equipment, unless
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1 otherwise prohibited by this chapter;
2 10. To provide for the purchase, rental, maintenance
3 and repair of wellness equipment, unless otherwise prohibited
4 by this chapter.
5 (d) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or any
6 other fund may not be used to purchase weight training
7 equipment, cable television service for recreation purposes,
8 or to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette
9 recorders, or similar other audiovisual or electronic media or
10 equipment used primarily for recreation purposes. This
11 paragraph does not preclude the purchase or rental of
12 electronic or audiovisual equipment or services for inmate
13 training or educational programs.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
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22 authorizing use of funds for certain purposes;
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