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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 904.809, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. a. An inmate of a correctional institution employed 1 4 pursuant to this section shall surrender to the department of 1 5 corrections the inmate's total earnings less deductions for 1 6 federal, state, and local taxes, and any other payroll 1 7 deductions required by law.The department of corrections1 8shall deduct twenty percent of the balance to be credited to1 9the inmate's general account. The department shall then1 10deduct from the earnings remaining as follows:1 11a. The department shall first deduct the following amounts1 12in the following order of priority:1 13 The inmate's employer shall provide each employed inmate 1 14 with the withholding statement required under section 422.16, 1 15 and any other employment information necessary for the receipt 1 16 of the remainder of an inmate's payroll earnings. 1 17 b. From the inmate's gross payroll earnings, the following 1 18 amounts shall be deducted: 1 19 (1)An amount the inmate may be legally obligated to pay1 20for the support of the inmate's dependents, the amount of1 21which shall be paid to the dependents through the department1 22of human services collection services center.Twenty percent, 1 23 to be deposited in the inmate's general account. 1 24 (2)Restitution as ordered by the court pursuant to1 25chapter 910.All required tax deductions, to be collected by 1 26 the inmate's employer. 1 27 (3) Five percent,of the balanceto be deducted for the 1 28 victim compensation fund created in section 915.94. 1 29 c. From the balance remaining after deduction of the 1 30 amounts under paragraph "b", the following amounts shall be 1 31 deducted in the following order of priority: 1 32 (1) An amount which the inmate may be legally obligated to 1 33 pay for the support of the inmate's dependents, which shall be 1 34 paid through the department of human services collection 1 35 services center, and which shall include an amount for 2 1 delinquent child support not to exceed fifty percent of gross 2 2 earnings. 2 3 (2) Restitution as ordered by the court under chapter 910. 2 4(4)(3) An amount the inmate islegallyobligated to pay 2 5 for any other financial obligation. 2 6 (4) Any balance remaining after the deductions made under 2 7 subparagraphs (1) through (3) shall represent the costs of the 2 8 inmate's incarceration and shall be deposited in the general 2 9 fund of the state. 2 10(5) An amount determined to be the cost to the department2 11of corrections for providing for the incarceration of the2 12inmate.2 13b. Of the balance remaining after deductions and payments2 14required pursuant to paragraph "a", the department shall2 15deposit in the Iowa state industries revolving fund created in2 16section 904.813, an amount equal to the costs incurred by the2 17fund related to the inmate's employment pursuant to this2 18section.2 19Any balance remaining after the deductions and payments2 20required by this subsection shall be credited to the inmate's2 21general account.2 22 Sec. 2. Section 904.814, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 23 follows: 2 24 904.814 INMATE ALLOWANCE SUPPLEMENT REVOLVING FUND. 2 25 There is established in the treasury of the state a 2 26 permanent adult correctional institutions inmate allowance 2 27 supplement revolving fund, consisting solely of money paid as 2 28 board and maintenance by inmates working in Iowa state 2 29 industries, or working pursuant to section 904.809. The fund 2 30 established by this section may be used to supplement the 2 31 allowances of inmates who perform other institutional work 2 32 within and about the adult correctional institutions including 2 33 those who are working in Iowa state industries. Payments made 2 34 from the fund shall supplement and not replace all or any part 2 35 of the allowances otherwise received by, and shall be equably 3 1 distributed among such inmates. The work of inmates in other 3 2 institutional or industry work shall, to the greatest extent 3 3 feasible, be in accord with the intent stated in section 3 4 904.801. The fund may also be used to supplement other 3 5 rehabilitation activities within the adult correctional 3 6 institutions. Determination of the use of the funds is the 3 7 responsibility of the state director who shall first seek the 3 8 advice of the prison industries advisory board. 3 9 EXPLANATION 3 10 This bill amends the procedure for deducting amounts earned 3 11 by inmates from private employers. 3 12 Code section 904.809 is amended to provide that an inmate 3 13 employed by a private sector employer shall surrender the 3 14 inmate's earnings, less all tax deductions, to the department 3 15 of corrections. The employer is also to provide the employed 3 16 inmate with withholdings statements and any other information 3 17 necessary for the filing of the inmate's tax returns. The 3 18 deductions which are then to be made by the department of 3 19 corrections from the balance of an inmate's earnings are 3 20 modified. From the inmate's gross payroll earnings, 20 3 21 percent shall go to the inmate's general account, tax 3 22 obligations shall be paid, and 5 percent shall go to the 3 23 victim compensation fund. From the balance remaining after 3 24 these deductions are made, amounts shall be deducted for the 3 25 support of the inmate's dependents, for payment of court- 3 26 ordered restitution, for other obligations owed by the inmate, 3 27 and any remaining balance shall be deposited in the general 3 28 fund of the state representing the cost of the inmate's 3 29 incarceration. 3 30 Code section 904.814 is amended to eliminate the 3 31 requirement that moneys collected as board and maintenance 3 32 from inmates working pursuant to section 904.809 are deposited 3 33 in a special inmate allowance supplement revolving fund and 3 34 not the general fund of the state. 3 35 LSB 2053HH 78 4 1 ec/cf/24.1
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