(A) This section, and all ordinances supplemental or amendatory hereto, shall be known as the Inmate Trust Fund Ordinance, and may be cited as such.
(B) The purpose of this section is to provide for an Inmate Trust Fund, and the procedures for and administration thereof. The fund established by this section shall be known as the Inmate Trust Fund.
(C) The Sheriff shall hold in trust separately for each inmate any money received from that inmate or from another person on behalf of that inmate.
(D) If the inmate or his or her legal guardian requests a disbursement from the inmate’s trust fund the Sheriff may make a disbursement for the personal inmate including, but not limited to, a disbursement to the county jail commissary.
(E) Upon discharge or release of an inmate from the county jail, the Sheriff shall pay to that inmate or his or her legal guardian any balance remaining in his or her trust fund.
(F) The Sheriff shall maintain a record of each trust fund’s receipts and disbursement on forms approved by the State Board of Accounts for this purpose.
(G) The Sheriff must post the receipts and disbursements to and from the Inmate Trust Fund through the Sheriff’s cashbook, utilizing the trust column.
(BC Ord. 4-1991, passed 11-4-91)