Sec 41-1604.03. Special services fund; uses; report

A. A special services fund is established in the state department of corrections. The department shall administer the fund.

B. The director shall transfer five hundred thousand dollars from the special services fund annually to the department of corrections building renewal fund established by section 41-797. Any remaining monies in the special services fund, including the inmate recreation fund, may be used for the following purposes:

1. The benefit, education and welfare of committed offenders, including the establishment, maintenance, purchase of items for resale and other necessary expenses of operation of canteens and hobby shops.

2. To pay the costs of a telephonic victim notification system. Revenues that are generated by the inmate telephone system and the automated public access program shall be deposited in the special services fund.

C. On or before August 1 of each year, the department shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report that contains a full and complete account of special services fund transactions relating to the inmate telephone system and the telephonic victim notification system for the preceding fiscal year.