P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1538
Moneys obtained by the implementation of this chapter shall be covered into a special fund denominated as the Employment and Training Enterprises Corporation Fund. These amounts, as well as any other resource that is covered into this Fund, shall be used to defray the operating expenses of the Corporation’s programs and activities.
A special fund is hereby created, denominated as the Special Correctional Fund. The amounts contributed by the participants of the programs and activities, the contribution for the operation of stores and markets, and any other contribution that the Governing Board of the Corporation deems necessary, shall be deposited in this Special Fund.
The Governing Board shall evaluate the finances of the operations of the markets and stores operating at the facilities of the Corrections Administration and the Juvenile Institutions Administration in light of the projections of income and expenses, in order to determine the amounts of these resources that shall be transferred to the Correctional Fund. To the extent that the resources allow, the amount to be transferred to the Correctional Fund shall not be less than the amount that the Corrections Administration is receiving from the operation of the stores and markets operated by said Administration as of the effective date of this act.
The resources transferred to the Correctional Fund shall be made available to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to complement the fiscal resources that said entity has available for operating expenses. The Department may also use the resources of said funds to grant special benefits to their clients and their family members when it is compatible with the good behavior bonus, work or study systems, when their financial needs so justify it, and to compensate, in whole or in part, the expenses incurred by the Department and the agencies attached thereto, and/or the Government of Puerto Rico for violations of the applicable laws, norms or regulations committed by the clients of the Agency during the period they are in custody or confinement.
When the availability of funds allows it, the Director may make contributions of funds to the agencies and institutions with whom it develops activities or business transactions, in order to comply with and promote the purposes of this chapter.
History —Aug. 6, 1991, No. 47, § 19; Jan. 4, 2010, No. 4, § 6.