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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 904.310B EMPLOYEE CANTEENS. 1 2 The director may establish a canteen at an institution 1 3 under the director's jurisdiction for the sale of items to 1 4 peace officers or employees of the institution. Inmates may 1 5 be employed at the canteen. The department may establish a 1 6 permanent operating fund for each canteen which shall consist 1 7 of receipts from the sale of items from the canteen. Any 1 8 moneys in the fund over the amount needed to conduct normal 1 9 business transactions, to reimburse any accounts which have 1 10 subsidized the canteen, and to pay employees of the canteen, 1 11 including inmate-employees, shall be used to pay for 1 12 activities held on behalf of the employees of the institution, 1 13 for employee scholarships, or for other activities or programs 1 14 which directly benefit the employees of the institution. An 1 15 employee's purchase of goods from an inmate employed in the 1 16 canteen shall not be considered a violation of section 721.12. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill allows the director of the Iowa department of 1 19 corrections to establish a canteen at an institution under the 1 20 director's jurisdiction for the sale of items to peace 1 21 officers or employees of the institution. The bill allows 1 22 inmates to be employed at the canteen and requires the 1 23 department to use the profit from the canteen to pay for 1 24 activities held on behalf of the employees of the institution, 1 25 for employee scholarships, or for other activities or benefits 1 26 which directly benefit the employees of the institution. The 1 27 bill provides that purchase of goods by an employee from an 1 28 inmate employed in the canteen shall not be considered a 1 29 violation of section 721.12. 1 30 The director retains the independent authority granted 1 31 under section 904.310 to establish institutional canteens. 1 32 LSB 4019HH 76 1 33 js/sc/14.1
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