US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  9-118 Commissaries. a. The commissioner of correction may establish
  a commissary in any institution under  the  commissioner's  jurisdiction
  for the use and benefit of the inmates and employees thereof. All moneys
  received  from  the  sales  of  such  commissaries  shall  be  paid over
  semi-monthly to the commissioner of finance without deduction. Except as
  otherwise provided in this subdivision, the provisions of section 12-114
  of the code shall apply to every officer or employee who  receives  such
  moneys  in  the performance of his or her duties in any such commissary.
  The accounts of  the  commissaries  shall  be  subject  to  supervision,
  examination  and  audit  by  the comptroller and all other powers of the
  comptroller in accordance with the provisions of the charter and code.
    b. All moneys received from the sales from such commissaries shall  be
  kept in a separate and distinct fund to be known as the commissary fund.
  Such fund shall be used for:
    1. The purchase of all merchandise for resale in such commissaries;
    2.  The  purchase  of  supplies,  materials,  and  equipment  for such
  commissaries;
    3. The furnishing of work or labor to be done for  such  commissaries;
  and
    4.  All  other costs and expenses of operating such commissaries other
  than  the  salaries  of  officers  and  employees   employed   in   such
  commissaries.
    c.  Any  surplus  remaining in the commissary fund after deducting all
  items described in subdivision b hereof shall be used  for  the  general
  welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the
  department of correction. In the event such fund at any time exceeds one
  hundred thousand dollars, the excess shall be transferred to the general
  fund.
    d.   All   expenditures  for  items  described  in  paragraph  one  of
  subdivision b of this section shall be made upon vouchers issued by  the
  commissioner  of correction and subject to audit by the comptroller. All
  other expenditures described in subdivision b and subdivision c of  this
  section  shall  be made by the commissioner in accordance with schedules
  approved by the mayor or  of  the  director  of  the  budget  acting  in
  accordance  with  a  delegation  of  power from the mayor. All supplies,
  materials, equipment and merchandise to be furnished  and  all  work  or
  labor to be done, the cost of which is payable from the commissary fund,
  shall  be  furnished  or  provided  in accordance with the provisions of
  chapter one of title six of the charter and of the code.
    e. The salaries of the employees of such commissaries shall  be  fixed
  by the mayor.
    f.  Any  officer  or  employee,  whose  duties  in connection with the
  commissary fund involve possession  of  or  control  over  funds,  shall
  execute  a  bond  to the city for the faithful performance of his or her
  duties in such sum as may be fixed and with sureties to be  approved  by
  the comptroller.