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11 Senator Crist moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 55. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection
18 (1) of section 945.215, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 945.215 Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust
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21 (1) INMATE WELFARE TRUST FUND; DEPARTMENT OF
22 CORRECTIONS.--
23 (b) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund must be
24 used exclusively for the following purposes at correctional
25 facilities operated directly by the department:
26 1. To operate inmate canteens and vending machines,
27 including purchasing items for resale at inmate canteens and
28 vending machines; employing personnel and inmates to manage,
29 supervise, and operate inmate canteens and vending machines;
30 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
31 associated with operating inmate canteens and vending
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1 machines;
2 2. To employ personnel to manage and supervise the
3 proceeds from telephone commissions;
4 3. To develop, implement, and maintain the medical
5 copayment accounting system;
6 4. To provide literacy programs, vocational training
7 programs, and educational programs that comply with standards
8 of the Department of Education, including employing personnel
9 and covering other operating and fixed capital outlay expenses
10 associated with providing such programs;
11 5. To operate inmate chapels, faith-based programs,
12 visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs, family
13 services and programs, libraries, and law libraries, including
14 employing personnel and covering other operating and fixed
15 capital outlay expenses associated with operating inmate
16 chapels, faith-based programs, visiting pavilions, visiting
17 services and programs, family services and programs,
18 libraries, and law libraries;
19 6. To provide for expenses associated with various
20 inmate clubs;
21 7. To provide for expenses associated with legal
22 services for inmates;
23 8. To provide inmate substance abuse treatment
24 programs and transition and life skills training programs,
25 including employing personnel and covering other operating and
26 fixed capital outlay expenses associated with providing such
27 programs; and.
28 9. To purchase other items for the benefit of the
29 inmate population as deemed appropriate by the secretary.
30 (c) The Legislature shall annually appropriate the
31 funds deposited in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund. It is the
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1 intent of the Legislature that total annual expenditures for
2 providing literacy programs, vocational training programs, and
3 educational programs exceed the combined total annual
4 expenditures for operating inmate chapels, faith-based
5 programs, visiting pavilions, visiting services and programs,
6 family services and programs, libraries, and law libraries,
7 covering expenses associated with inmate clubs, purchasing
8 other items deemed appropriate by the secretary, and providing
9 inmate substance abuse treatment programs and transition and
10 life skills training programs.
11 (d) Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or any
12 other fund may not be used to purchase weight training
13 equipment or cable television service, or to rent or purchase
14 videocassettes or, videocassette recorders, or other
15 audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for
16 recreation purposes. This paragraph does not preclude the
17 purchase or rental of electronic or audiovisual equipment or
18 wellness equipment for inmate training or educational
19 programs.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 amending s. 945.215, F.S.; revising provisions
30 relating to use of funds for specified purposes
31 at correctional facilities operated by the
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