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Florida House of Representatives - 2002 CS/HB 483
By the Council for Healthy Communities and Representatives
Stansel, Heyman and Spratt
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Inmate Welfare Trust
3 Fund; amending s. 945.215, F.S.; prohibiting
4 use of funds for certain purposes; authorizing
5 use of funds for certain purposes; providing an
6 effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (1) of
11 section 945.215, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
12 945.215 Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust
13 funds.--
14 (1) INMATE WELFARE TRUST FUND; DEPARTMENT OF
15 CORRECTIONS.--
16 (b) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund must be
17 used exclusively for the following purposes at correctional
18 facilities operated directly by the department:
19 1. To operate inmate canteens and vending machines,
20 including purchasing items for resale at inmate canteens and
21 vending machines; employing personnel and inmates to manage,
22 supervise, and operate inmate canteens and vending machines;
23 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
24 associated with operating inmate canteens and vending
25 machines;
26 2. To employ personnel to manage and supervise the
27 proceeds from telephone commissions;
28 3. To develop, implement, and maintain the medical
29 copayment accounting system;
30 4. To provide literacy programs, vocational training
31 programs, and educational programs that comply with standards
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1 of the Department of Education, including employing personnel
2 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
3 associated with providing such programs;
4 5. To operate inmate chapels, faith-based programs,
5 visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs, family
6 services and programs, libraries, and law libraries, including
7 employing personnel and covering other operating and fixed
8 capital outlay expenses associated with operating inmate
9 chapels, faith-based programs, visiting pavilions, visiting
10 services and programs, family services and programs,
11 libraries, and law libraries;
12 6. To provide for expenses associated with various
13 inmate clubs;
14 7. To provide for expenses associated with legal
15 services for inmates;
16 8. To provide inmate substance abuse treatment
17 programs and transition and life skills training programs,
18 including employing personnel and covering other operating and
19 fixed capital outlay expenses associated with providing such
20 programs;.
21 9. To provide for the purchase, rental, maintenance,
22 and repair of electronic or audiovisual equipment, unless
23 otherwise prohibited by this chapter; or
24 10. To provide for the purchase, rental, maintenance,
25 and repair of wellness equipment, unless otherwise prohibited
26 by this chapter.
27 (d) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or any
28 other fund may not be used to purchase weight training
29 equipment, or cable television service for recreational
30 purposes, or to rent or purchase videocassettes, videocassette
31 recorders, or similar other audiovisual or electronic media or
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1 equipment used primarily for recreation purposes. This
2 paragraph does not preclude the purchase or rental of
3 electronic or audiovisual equipment or services for inmate
4 training or educational programs.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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