Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-557

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Department of Corrections Revolving Fund

Official statutory text

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

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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.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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