ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                               Ch. 27

county budget; and generally relating to the inmate welfare fund in Dorchester
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Correctional Services
Section 11-901 and 11-902
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Correctional Services
Section 11-903 and 11-904
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Correctional Services

11-901.

In this subtitle, "fund" means an inmate welfare fund established under §
11-902 of this subtitle.

11-902.

(a)     Each local correctional facility may establish an inmate welfare fund.

(b)     A fund may be used only for goods and services that benefit the general
inmate population as defined by regulations that the managing official of the local
correctional facility adopts.

11-903.

(a) (1) Each fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund.

(2)     (i) Each fund consists of:

1.       profits derived from the sale of goods through the
commissary operation and telephone and vending machine commissions; and

2.       subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, money
received from other sources.

(ii) Money from the General Fund of the State or county, including
any federal funds, may not be transferred by budget amendment or otherwise to a
fund.

(3)     (I) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE chief financial officer for a county shall separately hold and shall
account for each fund in the county.

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