Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4437%20ENR.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4437
Timestamp: 2018-05-23 03:39:10
Document Index: 638374171

Matched Legal Cases: ['§49', '§49', '§49', '§49', '§49', '§49']

HB 4437 Text
Enrolled Version - Final Version House Bill 4437 History
H. B. 4437
(By Delegates Perry, Morgan, Eldridge,
Campbell and M. Poling)
(By request of the Division of Corrections)
[Passed March 4, 2014; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated §49-5E-6a and §49-5E-6b, all relating to the Division of Juvenile Services; authorizing the Director of Juvenile Services to establish juvenile trustee accounts and funds for earnings and personal property of juveniles; creating a juvenile benefit fund; creating special revenue accounts in the office of the Treasurer for juvenile benefit funds; and including residents of the Division of Juvenile Services as a division designated to receive and disburse such funds.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated §49-5E-6a and §49-5E-6b, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5E. DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
§49-5E-6a. Juvenile trustee accounts and funds, earnings and personal property of juveniles.
(a) The Director of Juvenile Services may establish at each facility under his or her jurisdiction a "Juvenile Trustee Fund". The administrator or designee of each facility may receive and take charge of the money and personal property, as defined by policy, of all juveniles in his or her facility and all money or personal property, as defined by policy, sent to the juveniles or earned by the juveniles as compensation for work performed while they are domiciled there. The administrator or designee shall credit the money and earnings to the juveniles entitled to it and shall keep an accurate account of all the money and personal property so received, which account is subject to examination by the Director of Juvenile Services and the Assistant Director of Budget and Finance of the Division of Juvenile Services. The administrator or designee shall deposit the moneys in one or more responsible banks in accounts to be designated a "Juvenile Trustee Fund".
(b) The administrator or designee shall keep in an account for all juveniles at least ten percent of all money earned during the juveniles commitment and pay the money to the juvenile at the time of the juvenile’s release. The administrator or designee may authorize the juvenile to withdraw money from his or her mandatory savings for the purpose of preparing the juvenile for reentry into society.
(c) The administrator or designee shall deliver to the juvenile at the time he or she leaves the facility, or as soon as practicable after departure, all personal property, moneys and earnings then credited to the juvenile, or in case of the death of the juvenile before authorized release from the facility, the administrator or designee shall deliver the property to the juvenile's personal representative. If a conservator is appointed for the juvenile while he or she is domiciled at the facility, the administrator or designee shall deliver to the conservator, upon proper demand, all moneys and personal property belonging to the juvenile that are in the custody of the administrator.
(d) If any money is credited to a former juvenile resident after remittance of the sum of money as provided in subsection (c), the administrator or designee shall mail the funds to the former juvenile resident’s last known address. If the funds are returned to the facility, the administrator or designee will forward those funds to the Division of Juvenile Service's Assistant Director of Budget and Finance to submit the funds to the State Treasurer's Office-Unclaimed Property Division.
(e) The facility shall compile a monthly report that specifically documents juvenile trustee fund receipts and expenditures and submit the reconciled monthly bank statements to the Division of Juvenile Service's Assistant Director of Budget and Finance.
§49-5E-6b. Juvenile benefit funds.
(a) There is hereby established a special revenue account in the State Treasury for each juvenile benefit fund established by the director. Moneys received by an institution for deposit in an juvenile benefit fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited to the special revenue account created for the institution’s juvenile benefit fund. Moneys in a special revenue account established for a juvenile benefit fund may be expended by the institution for the purposes set forth in this section.
(b) Moneys in an account established for a juvenile benefit fund may be expended by the facility for the purposes set forth in this section. Moneys to be deposited into a juvenile benefit fund consist of:
(1) All profit from the exchange or commissary operation and, if the commissary is operated by a vendor, whether a public or private entity, the profit is the negotiated commission paid to the Division of Juvenile Services by the vendor;
(2) All net proceeds from vending machines used for juvenile resident visitation;
(3) All proceeds from contracted juvenile resident telephone commissions;
(4) Any funds that may be assigned by juveniles or donated to the facility by the general public or a service organization on behalf of all the juveniles; and
(5) Any funds confiscated considered contraband.
(c) The juvenile benefit fund may only be used for the following purposes at juvenile facilities:
(1) Open-house visitation functions or other nonroutine campus-wide activities which will enhance programming goals of the facility;
(2) Holiday functions which may include decorations, food and gifts for residents or family of residents;
(3) Rental of videos;
(4) Payment of video license;
(5) Supplemental supplies and equipment which will enrich the facilities' program activities;
(6) Hardship needs for juvenile residents if approved by the Division of Juvenile Services Director; and
(7) Any special activities or rewards for residents.
(d) The facility shall compile a monthly report that specifically documents juvenile benefit fund receipts and expenditures and submit the reconciled monthly bank statements to the Division of Juvenile Services Assistant Director of Budget and Finance.