Oklahoma § 57-541 - Industries Revolving Fund

§ 57-541. Industries Revolving Fund

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury an Industries

Revolving Fund for the Department of Corrections.

B. The revolving fund shall consist of earnings derived from

prison industries operated by the Department of Corrections and from

that portion of the prisoner's income apportioned and paid into the

prison system to recover the cost of incarceration of the prisoners

as provided by law. Funds derived from prisoner wages shall be

maintained and accounted for separately in this fund. The

Industries Revolving Fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to

fiscal year limitations, and shall be under the control and

management of the State Board of Corrections.

C. Expenditures from the Industries Revolving Fund shall be

budgeted and expended pursuant to the laws of the state and the

statutes relating to public finance and to the institution. The

fund may be used to purchase, maintain and repair machinery, to

purchase materials and supplies for the prison industries and to

defray any other expenses necessary to operation of the industries,

with first priority being given to repairs, replacement and

modernization of industrial or agricultural machinery or equipment.

These funds may also be used to support the overall operation of the

Department of Corrections subject to approval of the Director of the

Department of Corrections. Expenditures from the fund derived from

prisoner's income may be used for the maintenance of prisoners in

prison institutions and all expenses related thereto under such

rules as may be established by the State Board of Corrections.

Warrants for expenditures from the Industries Revolving Fund shall

be based on claims signed by an authorized employee or employees of

the Department, and approved for payment by the Director of the

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories

Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Department shall

maintain a separate accounting of receipts and expenditures for each

industry for periodic review by the Legislature. The fund may not

be used to employ personnel in excess of those authorized by

legislative action.

D. All funds in the Department of Corrections' Industries

Revolving Funds not encumbered or obligated upon the operative date

of this section shall be transferred to a single Industries

Revolving Fund of the Department of Corrections.

E. The Administrator of Industrial Production will determine

the prices of all goods produced through the state prison

industries, and the Administrator of Agri-Services will determine

the prices of all goods produced by Agri-Service units. These

prices will be filed with the Budget Office.

When industrial or agricultural items or products are furnished

to the institutions of the Department, or sold to other governmental

agencies, payment therefor shall be made within thirty (30) days for

deposit in the revolving account to be used in purchasing expendable

items, raw materials or other items needed to produce additional

such products or items, and for such other purposes as are

authorized by law. The Administrator of Industrial Production or

Administrator of Agri-Services may establish higher prices for sale

of products to governmental agencies, according to the current

market value of each product.

F. The Department of Corrections is authorized to pay inmates

for productive work in accordance with policies set by the State

Board of Corrections. The State Board of Corrections shall certify

the positions to be paid and the rate of pay in accordance with the

responsibilities and skills required for the position. The

Department of Corrections shall develop policies for payment of

inmates in the Industries Program that promote productivity as well

as compensate for responsibilities and skills. The Department shall

file such policy statements with the Chairs of the appropriate

committees of both the Senate and the House of Representatives as

designated by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Any change in this policy

by the State Board of Corrections may be voided by legislative

action to rescind such policy.

Added by Laws 1975, c. 325, § 24, operative July 1, 1975. Amended

by Laws 1976, c. 219, § 3; Laws 1977, c. 78, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1977;

Laws 1979, c. 47, § 33, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1979, c.

254, § 20, emerg. eff. June 5, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 272, § 11, eff.

July 1, 1981; Laws 1981, c. 303, § 11, eff. July 1, 1981; Laws 2000,

c. 106, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 131, § 3, emerg. eff.

April 24, 2002; Laws 2002, c. 335, § 3, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws

2012, c. 304, § 251; Laws 2014, c. 301, § 1, emerg. eff. May 14,

2014.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories