FL H0871

Requires proceeds from inmate canteens, vending machines, telephone commissions, contraband liquidation, disciplinary fines, and forfeited earnings to be deposited into the State-Operated Institutions Inmate Welfare Trust Fund rather than General Revenue

Caps annual deposits into the trust fund at $10 million per fiscal year, with excess amounts directed to the General Revenue Fund

Restricts trust fund expenditures to inmate welfare purposes including literacy programs, vocational training, substance abuse treatment, faith-based programs, chapels, libraries, visiting services, recreation equipment, and audiovisual equipment

Requires the Department of Corrections to submit annual reports on trust fund receipts and expenditures to the Governor and Legislature by October 1 each year

Appropriates $10 million in recurring funds from the trust fund to the Department of Corrections for fiscal year 2020-2021