North Carolina § 148-2 - Prison moneys and earnings.

§ 148-2. Prison moneys and earnings.

Persons authorized to collect or receive the moneys and earnings of the State prison system shall enter into bonds payable to the State of North Carolina in penal sums and with security approved by the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, conditioned upon the faithful performance by these persons of their duties in collecting, receiving, and paying over prison moneys and earnings to the State Treasurer. Only corporate security with sureties licensed to do business in North Carolina shall be accepted. Repealed by Session Laws 2007-280, s. 2, effective August 1, 2007. Notwithstanding G.S. 147-77, Article 6A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety may deposit revenue from prison canteens in local banks. The profits from prison canteens shall be deposited with the State Treasurer on a monthly basis in a fund denominated as the Correction Inmate Welfare Fund. Once the operating budget for the Correction Inmate Welfare Fund has been met, an amount equal to the funds allocated to each prison unit on a per inmate per year basis shall be credited to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund established in G.S. 15B-23G as soon as practicable after the total amount paid to each unit per inmate per year has been determined. History (1901, c. 472, s. 7; Rev., s. 5389; C.S., s. 7704; 1923, c. 156; 1925, c. 163; 1933, c. 172, s. 18; 1957, c. 349, s. 2; 1967, c. 996, s. 14; 1973, c. 1262, s. 10; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 203; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 902, s. 4; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 769, s. 21.5(a); 2007-280, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-186, s. 2(tttttt).) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-280, s. 2, effective August 1, 2007, deleted subsection (b) which created a special revolving working-capital fund designated the "Prison Enterprises Fund" for prison earnings. Session Laws 2017-186, s. 2(tttttt), effective December 1, 2017, inserted "and Juvenile Justice" in subsections (a) and (c); and updated a reference in subsection (c). Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Connecting the Disconnected: Communication Technologies for the Incarcerated," see 53 Wake Forest L. Rev. 561 (2018). For article, "Capitalizing on Criminal Justice," see 67 Duke L.J. 1381 (2018). For article, "Deviancy, Dependency, and Disability: The Forgotten History of Eugenics and Mass Incarceration," see 68 Duke L.J. 419 (2018).