(1) The State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund is created within the Department of Corrections. The purpose of the trust fund is to benefit and provide for the welfare of inmates incarcerated in state-operated correctional facilities.
(2) Moneys shall be deposited and the expenditures made from the trust fund as provided in s. 945.215.
(3) Notwithstanding s. 216.301 and pursuant to s. 216.351, any balance in the trust fund at the end of any fiscal year shall remain in the trust fund at the end of the year and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the trust fund.
(4) In accordance with s. 19(f), Art. III of the State Constitution, the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund, unless terminated sooner, shall be terminated on July 1, 2024. Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
History.—s. 1, ch. 2020-97.