(a) Commissions derived from prisoner telephone services provided in the various county and regional detention facilities in the state shall be deposited into the county treasury of the county in which the detention facility is located and shall be credited to the sheriff's office fund.
(b) (1) Of the commissions deposited into the sheriff's office fund in each county pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, one hundred percent (100%) shall be credited to the sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund.
(2) Each county sheriff's office may allocate for the maintenance and operation of the county jail up to fifty percent (50%) of the commissions deposited into the sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to funds derived from prisoner telephone services provided in Department of Correction facilities or Department of Community Correction facilities or in municipally owned detention facilities or in county detention facilities in counties with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census.
§ 12-41-105 - Commissions from prisoner telephone service profits and prisoner commissary services. [Effective January 1, 2016.]
(a) (1) Commissions derived from prisoner telephone services and profits earned from prisoner commissary services provided in the various county and regional detention facilities in the state shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which the detention facility is located, and the county treasurer shall credit the funds to the county sheriff's office fund.
(2) (A) The county sheriff's office fund is an agency fund defined by the County Financial Management System as a fund used to account for funds held by the county treasurer as an agent for a governmental unit until transferred by check or county court order to the county sheriff for the intended uses of the funds.
(B) As an agency fund, the transfer of funds is not subject to an appropriation by the quorum court or to the county claims process.
(3) Arkansas Legislative Audit shall review for substantial compliance with this section.
(b) (1) Of the commissions and profits deposited into the county sheriff's office fund in each county under subsection (a) of this section, one hundred percent (100%) shall be credited to the county sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund under ยง 21-6-307.
(2) Each county sheriff's office shall allocate for the maintenance and operation of the county jail up to seventy-five percent (75%) of the commissions and profits deposited into the county sheriff's office communications facility and equipment fund.
(c) This section does not apply to funds derived from prisoner telephone services or prisoner commissary services provided in Department of Correction facilities or Department of Community Correction facilities or in municipally owned detention facilities or in county detention facilities in counties with a population of one hundred seventy-five thousand (175,000) or more according to the latest federal decennial census.
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