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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th L egislature (2024)
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57	57	HOUSE BILL 3569 By: Manger
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to prisons and reformatories;
66	66	amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 549, which r elates to
67	67	powers and duties of the State Board of Corrections;
68	68	exempting certain inmates from mandatory savings
69	69	requirement; and providing an effective date .
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 549, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 549. A. The State Board of Corrections shall have the
79	79	following powers and duties with respect to the operation of prison
80	80	industries, the Construction Division, and administration of inmate
81	81	trust funds:
82	82	1. The power to make leases or other contracts consistent with
83	83	the operation of prison industries, and to set aside land or
84	84	facilities for the use of such industry;
85	85	2. The power to establish conditions for expenditures by the
86	86	Department of Correct ions from the Industries Revolving Fund;
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138	138	3. The power to negotiate wages and working conditions on
139	139	behalf of prisoners working in prison industries or prisoners
140	140	working in the Construction Division. Pay grades for the
141	141	Construction Division "on-the-job training" inmate crews shall be as
142	142	follows:
143	143	a. Pay Grade "A" - Inmate Worker,
144	144	b. Pay Grade "B" - Inmate Worker,
145	145	c. Pay Grade "C" - Apprentice,
146	146	d. Pay Grade "D" - Skilled Craft;
147	147	4. The power to collect wages and other receipted funds on
148	148	behalf of the inmate, to apportion inmate wag es and funds in
149	149	accordance with the law; and the duty to preserve those wages and
150	150	funds reserved for the inmate in an account for his or her benefit,
151	151	and to establish procedures by which the inmate can draw funds from
152	152	this account under the conditions and limitations and for the
153	153	purposes allowed by law;
154	154	5. The duty to establish the percentages of such wages which
155	155	shall be available for apportionment to inmate mandatory savings; to
156	156	the inmate for his or her personal use; to the lawfu l dependents of
157	157	the inmate, if any; to the victim of the inmate 's crime; for payment
158	158	of creditors; for payment of costs and expenses for criminal actions
159	159	against such inmate; and to the Department of Corrections for costs
160	160	of incarceration. Provided, that not less than twenty per cent (20%)
161	161	of such wages shall be placed in an account, and shall be payable to
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213	213	the prisoner upon his or her discharge; however, inmates with a
214	214	sentence of life or life without the possibility of parole shall be
215	215	exempt from this pro vision. Funds from this account may be used by
216	216	the inmate for fees or costs in filing a civil or criminal action as
217	217	defined in Section 151 et seq. of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes
218	218	or for federal action as defined in Section 1911 et seq. of Title 28
219	219	of the United States Code, 28 U.S.C., Section 1911 et seq.;
220	220	6. The power to invest funds held by the Department of
221	221	Corrections on behalf of each inmate in an interest -bearing account
222	222	with the interest accruing and payable to the Crime Victims
223	223	Compensation Revolving Fund, as provided in Section 142.17 of Title
224	224	21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The interest from each inmate 's
225	225	savings account shall be payable to the Crime Victims Compensation
226	226	Revolving Fund, at such intervals as may be determined by the Board,
227	227	in addition to any other payments to such fund required by the
228	228	inmate's sentence or otherwise by law. An inmate shall not have the
229	229	right, use or control of any interest derived from any funds placed
230	230	in a mandatory savings account;
231	231	7. The power to invest fund s held by the Department of
232	232	Corrections on behalf of each inmate in a commingled offender
233	233	interest-bearing account held by the Office of the State Treasurer.
234	234	The State Treasurer shall post interest to this account monthly.
235	235	The Department of Corrections, at such intervals as may be
236	236	determined by the Board, will credit interest to the inmate based on
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288	288	the pro rata account balance of the inmate. Deposits into the
289	289	inmate interest-bearing account will only be allowed when the trust
290	290	fund draw account of the inm ate has a balance in excess of One
291	291	Hundred Dollars ($100.00). Inmate mandatory savings account
292	292	balances will not be used to determine the eligibility of the inmate
293	293	to participate in the interest -bearing savings account. Inmates who
294	294	participate in the int erest-bearing account will only be allowed to
295	295	transfer funds from their interest -bearing account to their draw
296	296	account once every ninety (90) days. All inmate transfers from the
297	297	interest-bearing account of the inmate to the draw account of the
298	298	inmate must be approved by appropriate Department staff prior to
299	299	transfer. All transfers of funds from an inmate interest -bearing
300	300	account to external recipients must be reviewed and approved by
301	301	appropriate Department staff prior to transfer. The Department will
302	302	define in policy those rules and procedures that govern inmate
303	303	interest-bearing account deposits and funds transfers; and
304	304	8. The power to invest canteen system, offender restitution and
305	305	other offender-related collections by the Department of Corrections
306	306	in a commingled interest-bearing account held by the Office of the
307	307	State Treasurer and invested as prescribed by Section 89.2 of Title
308	308	62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State Treasurer shall post
309	309	interest to this account monthly. By the fifteenth day of each
310	310	month, the proportionate share of the interest from the canteen
311	311	system, offender restitution and other offender -related collections,
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363	363	excluding that portion of the interest payable to the Victims
364	364	Compensation Revolving Fund and any interest payable to inmat es for
365	365	the inmate interest-bearing account, shall be remitted to the State
366	366	Treasurer from the Department of Corrections for deposit into the
367	367	General Revenue Fund.
368	368	B. The State Board of Corrections shall cause to be placed in
369	369	an account income from the inm ate's employment and any other income
370	370	or benefits accruing to or payable to and for the benefit of said
371	371	inmate, including any workers ' compensation or Social Security
372	372	benefits.
373	373	1. From this account the State Board of Corrections may charge
374	374	for costs of incarceration any inmate working in private prison
375	375	industries or any other inmate for costs of incarceration not to
376	376	exceed fifty percent (50%) of any deposits made to said account,
377	377	unless said deposits were from a workers ' compensation benefit.
378	378	2. From this account, the State Board of Corrections may charge
379	379	any inmate for costs of incarceration, an amount equivalent to one
380	380	hundred percent (100%) of any deposits from a workers ' compensation
381	381	benefit to said account.
382	382	3. The Department of Corrections shall pay into the Crime
383	383	Victims Compensation Revolving Fund, Section 142.17 of Title 21 of
384	384	the Oklahoma Statutes, an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the
385	385	gross wages earned by inmates working in a private prison industries
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437	437	program, said amount to be paid from t he amount deducted for cost of
438	438	incarceration.
439	439	4. Withdrawals and deposits shall be made according to rules
440	440	and regulations established by the State Board of Corrections.
441	441	C. The Department of Corrections may assess costs of
442	442	incarceration against all inmat es beginning on September 1, 1992.
443	443	Such costs shall be a debt of the inmate owed to the Department of
444	444	Corrections and may be collected as provided by law for collection
445	445	of any other civil debt. In addition to the provisions of this
446	446	section authorizing ex penditure of inmate trust funds for costs of
447	447	incarceration, any monies received for costs of incarceration shall
448	448	be deposited in the Department of Corrections Revolving Fund.
449	449	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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