4-6-147 - Confiscated cash fund. - Tennessee Statutes

4-6-147. Confiscated cash fund.

(a)  There is established a separate department of correction confiscated cash fund.

(b)  All moneys collected as contraband from the inmate population at any of the facilities operated by or under the authority of the department of correction shall be paid over to the department of correction for deposit into the fund established by this section.

(c)  The purpose of the fund is to enhance the department's ability to combat drug trafficking in facilities operated by or under the authority of the department of correction through the use of accepted investigative techniques and interdiction efforts, including, but not limited to, the use of canine units. Any moneys within the fund shall be withdrawn or expended only for accepted drug trafficking investigative techniques and interdiction efforts, including, but not limited to, the purchasing, training and maintenance of the department's canine units. Accounting procedures for the financial administration of the funds shall be in keeping with those prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.

(d)  (1)  Moneys retained in the confiscated cash fund shall be invested by the state treasurer under appropriate rules and regulations to the end that adequate funds will be available for the purposes of this section.

     (2)  Revenue that is produced for the confiscated cash fund shall not revert to the state general fund and shall not be subject to impoundment or allotment reserve, but shall be managed on a revolving no-quarter basis.

[Acts 2006, ch. 1007, § 1; 2007, ch. 34, § 1.]