Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 156-H.F.No. 924 
           An act relating to corrections; removing the Minnesota 
          correctional industries from state competitive bidding 
          requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 1986, 
          section 241.27, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 241.27, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 2.  [REVOLVING FUND; USE OF FUND.] There is 
established in the department of corrections under the control 
of the commissioner of corrections the Minnesota correctional 
industries revolving fund to which shall be transferred the 
revolving funds authorized in Minnesota Statutes 1978, sections 
243.41, 243.85, clause (f), and any other industrial revolving 
funds heretofore established at any state correctional facility 
under the control of the commissioner of corrections.  The 
revolving fund established shall be used for the conduct of the 
industrial and commercial activities now or hereafter 
established at any state correctional facility, including but 
not limited to the purchase of equipment, raw materials, the 
payment of salaries, wages and other expenses necessary and 
incident thereto.  The purchase of materials and commodities for 
resale are not subject to the competitive bidding procedures of 
section 16B.07, but are subject to all other provisions of 
chapter 16B.  When practical, purchases must be made from 
socially and economically disadvantaged businesses.  
Additionally, the expenses of inmate vocational training and the 
inmate release fund may be financed from the correctional 
industries revolving fund in an amount to be determined by the 
commissioner.  The proceeds and income from all industrial and 
commercial activities conducted at state correctional facilities 
shall be deposited in the correctional industries revolving fund 
subject to disbursement as hereinabove provided.  The 
commissioner of corrections may request that money in the fund 
be invested pursuant to section 11.10; the proceeds from the 
investment not currently needed shall be accounted for 
separately and credited to the fund. 
    Approved May 15, 1987