Activity fund for inmates. Management of fund. Correctional General Welfare Fund

(a) As used in this section, “activity fund” means any fund operated by the Commissioner of Correction for the benefit of the inmates, the revenue of which is derived from any legal source compatible with the good government of any institution. (b) The Commissioner of Correction may, with the approval of the Comptroller and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller, establish one or more activity funds. The Governor may allot from the funds appropriated to the Department of Correction any amount needed in his judgment for the establishment of any such activity fund, and the Comptroller shall provide in such procedures for the reimbursement of such appropriation. The use of such state facilities as space, fixtures, heat and light to obtain revenue from the sources designated in subsection (a) of this section, is authorized. At the end of each quarter any cash balance in such fund not needed for the maintenance and continuance of its activities may, with the approval of the Comptroller, be transferred to the “Correctional General Welfare Fund” if such a fund has been established and, if not, shall remain in such activity fund. (c) The management of such funds shall be under the supervision of the Commissioner of Correction. The person acting as treasurer of any such fund shall be bonded in an amount determined by the State Insurance and Risk Management Board. (d) Unless otherwise provided by the donor, all gifts, donations or bequests made to the inmates of any correctional institution, unclaimed funds accumulated from money deposited for the use of inmates in any institution, and the interest on any such money, shall be placed in a separate fund which may be known as the “Correctional General Welfare Fund” and shall be used in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller, for the benefit of the inmates of any institution in any manner which the Commissioner of Correction deems suitable.