Senate Bill sb0560

    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 560

    By Senator Futch





    18-734-02                                           See HB 483

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Inmate Welfare Trust

  3         Fund; amending s. 945.215, F.S.; prohibiting

  4         use of funds for certain purposes; providing an

  5         effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section

10  945.215, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         945.215  Inmate welfare and employee benefit trust

12  funds.--

13         (1)  INMATE WELFARE TRUST FUND; DEPARTMENT OF

14  CORRECTIONS.--

15         (d)  Funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund or any

16  other fund may not be used to purchase weight training

17  equipment or cable television service or, to rent or purchase

18  videocassettes or, videocassette recorders, or other

19  audiovisual or electronic equipment used primarily for

20  recreation purposes. This paragraph does not preclude the

21  purchase or rental of electronic, or audiovisual, or wellness

22  equipment for inmate training or educational programs.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits the use of funds in the Inmate Welfare Trust
28    Fund to purchase weight training equipment for inmates.
      Provides for purchase or rental of wellness equipment.
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