GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1701

Short Title:  DOC Employee Improvement Fund.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Gibson; and Cox.

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEE IMPROVEMENT FUNDS AT FACILITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 148-2(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Notwithstanding G.S. 147-77, Article 6A of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, the Department of Correction 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-23 as soon as practicable after the total amount paid to each unit per inmate per year has been determined.
For purposes of this subsection, the term "revenue from prison canteens”does not include revenue from vending machines that are located outside the prison canteen and are used by the public and prison staff rather than the inmates.  Revenue from such vending machines, other than those that are managed by the Commission for the Blind, shall be deposited in an employee improvement fund administered by each prison unit for the betterment of its employees."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2000, and applies to profits from prison canteens deposited on or after that date.