1997 Minnesota Statutes

     246.15 Money of inmates of public welfare institutions. 

    Subdivision 1.  The chief executive officer of each 
 institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of human 
 services shall have the care and custody of all money belonging 
 to inmates thereof which may come into the chief executive 
 officer's hands, keep accurate accounts thereof, and pay them 
 out under rules prescribed by law or by the commissioner of 
 human services, taking vouchers therefor.  All such money 
 received by any officer or employee shall be paid to the chief 
 executive officer forthwith.  Every such executive officer, at 
 the close of each month, or oftener if required by the 
 commissioner, shall forward to the commissioner a statement of 
 the amount of all money so received and the names of the inmates 
 from whom received, accompanied by a check for the amount, 
 payable to the state treasurer.  On receipt of such statement, 
 the commissioner shall transmit the same to the commissioner of 
 finance, together with such check, who shall deliver the same to 
 the state treasurer.  Upon the payment of such check, the amount 
 shall be credited to a fund to be known as "Inmates Fund," for 
 the institution from which the same was received.  All such 
 funds shall be paid out by the state treasurer upon vouchers 
 duly approved by the commissioner of human services as in other 
 cases.  The commissioner may permit a contingent fund to remain 
 in the hands of the executive officer of any such institution 
 from which necessary expenditure may from time to time be made.  

    Subd. 2.  Any money in the inmates fund provided for in 
 this section, belonging to inmates of state institutions under 
 the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections shall 
 forthwith be transferred by the commissioner of human services 
 to the correctional inmates fund created by section 241.08.  

    HIST: (4439) RL s 1891; 1907 c 280 s 1; 1961 c 750 s 15 subds 
 1,2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985 c 248 s 70; 
 1986 c 444; 1991 c 326 s 10