A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund for the Department of Corrections to be designated the “Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all profits generated from the canteen system, any inmate telephone system and any inmate electronic mail system. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Department of Corrections and the Canteen System Board of Directors for the benefit of inmates of the various institutions and personnel of the Department and to support canteen system operations according to written Department policy, welfare budget limitations, and upon approval of the Canteen System Board. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment. All expenditures from this fund shall comply with the applicable provisions of The Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act,¹ unless specifically exempted by subsection E of Section 537 of this title.

B. All cash balances credited to the various Department canteen fund accounts that were previously budgeted and approved for inmate and staff welfare expenditures prior to November 1, 2008, but are not encumbered or expended as of June 30, 2008, shall be transferred to the Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving Fund upon implementation of the Department of Corrections consolidated canteen, trust and restitution accounting system. Effective November 1, 2008, profits generated from the canteen system, any inmate telephone systems, and any inmate electronic mail systems shall be identified and deposited in the Department of Corrections Inmate and Employee Welfare and Canteen System Support Revolving Fund.