Effective 28 Aug 1994

217.595. Working capital revolving fund created — source, uses — accounting, audit — transfer to general revenue prohibited. — 1. Receipts from the vocational enterprises program shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the "Working Capital Revolving Fund", which is hereby created.

2. All funds derived from the disposal of plants and machinery in accordance with chapters 217 and 558 shall be deposited to the credit of the working capital revolving fund.

3. The working capital revolving fund shall be used for the establishment, maintenance, rehabilitation, expansion and operation of the vocational enterprises programs, and expenditures from the fund shall be used for, but not limited to:

(1) The purchase of machinery, equipment, raw materials, seed, fertilizer and farm animals;

(2) The repair, improvement and replacement of buildings, machinery and equipment;

(3) Payment for offender labor;

(4) Necessary expenses included in operation and administration;

(5) Necessary expenses for vocational training.

4. Vocational enterprises shall be accounted for on an accrual basis as an enterprise fund. Financial reports shall be rendered to the director as he may require.

5. None of the earnings of the vocational enterprises program shall be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state at the end of each fiscal year. All of the earnings shall be retained by the working capital revolving fund and the vocational enterprises program, to obtain new equipment, material and real property for expansion and maintenance of the enterprises' programs with a goal that all general population offenders shall learn a skill or service and are employed. Should a net loss occur, such loss shall be charged against the working capital revolving fund.

6. The state auditor shall audit the working capital revolving fund at the end of each fiscal year and report his findings to the director, the governor and the general assembly.

7. Effective August 28, 1994, the vocational education and training fund shall be dissolved and all funds credited to it shall be transferred to the working capital revolving fund.

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(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 105, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1994 S.B. 763)