Oklahoma § 57-537 - Canteen System Board of Directors - Canteen system

§ 57-537. Canteen System Board of Directors - Canteen system

operations.

A. There shall be established a Canteen System Board of

Directors for all canteen system services operated within the

Department of Corrections. The members of the Canteen System Board

shall be appointed by the Director of the Department of Corrections.

All canteen system operations shall be under the control of the

Canteen System Board and shall operate pursuant to written

guidelines established by the Board. The overall canteen operation

composed of all correctional facility canteen operations, inmate

telephone systems and inmate electronic mail systems shall be

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collectively called the Canteen System and such system shall be

required to be self-supporting from sales receipts.

B. Each correctional facility may have a canteen system

operation. Each facility canteen system when established shall

require the warden of such facility or a designee to oversee the

day-to-day canteen system operations according to the guidelines set

by the Canteen System Board. The Chief Financial Officer of the

Department shall act as custodian of all canteen system funds and be

responsible for all expenditures from the canteen system accounts.

The Chief Financial Officer shall make daily deposits of all sales

receipts in the canteen system accounts. Canteen system profits

generated by items or services for resale shall be identified

monthly by the Chief Financial Officer and transferred periodically

from the canteen system account to the Department of Corrections

Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving

Fund. All disbursements made from the canteen system account shall

be by voucher approved by the Chief Financial Officer and shall be

payable through the Office of the State Treasurer. Documentation of

each disbursement shall be kept on file by the Department. Canteen

system records may be disposed of in accordance with the records

disposition schedule approved by the Archives and Records

Commission. The Department shall notify the State Records

Administrator thirty (30) days in advance of its intent to dispose

of any canteen records. The Department shall follow accounting

procedures in accordance with state fiscal accounting procedures in

administering canteen system funds. All profits from the canteen

system shall be used exclusively for the benefit of the inmates of

the various institutions and personnel of the Department of

Corrections and support of canteen system operations as determined

by the Canteen System Board of Directors pursuant to subsection A of

this section.

C. Inmates may work in a correctional facility canteen and

shall receive reimbursement for such work through the institution

incentive pay program.

D. Any audit of canteen system operations and accounts

conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector shall be provided to

the warden of the concerned institution.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 20, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.

Amended by Laws 1979, c. 30, § 91, emerg. eff. April 6, 1979; Laws

1980, c. 210, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 89, § 1, emerg.

eff. April 20, 1981; Laws 1981, c. 272, § 10, eff. July 1, 1981;

Laws 1983, c. 117, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 1985, c. 319, § 9,

operative Oct. 1, 1985; Laws 1986, c. 314, § 8, operative July 1,

1986; Laws 1987, c. 205, § 26, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1998, c.

282, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1998; Laws 2008, c. 171, § 3, eff. Nov. 1,

2008; Laws 2009, c. 188, § 1; Laws 2010, c. 413, § 14, eff. July 1,

2010; Laws 2023, c. 46, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

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