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1		AN ACT concerning State government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5		changing Section 3-4-3 as follows:
6		(730 ILCS 5/3-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-4-3)
7		Sec. 3-4-3. Funds and Property of Persons Committed.
8		(a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of
9		Juvenile Justice shall establish accounting records with
10		accounts for each person who has or receives money while in an
11		institution or facility of that Department and it shall allow
12		the withdrawal and disbursement of money by the person under
13		rules and regulations of that Department. Any interest or
14		other income which may be earned from moneys deposited with
15		the Department by a resident of the Department of Juvenile
16		Justice in excess of $200 shall accrue to the individual's
17		account, or in balances up to $200 shall accrue to the
18		Residents' Benefit Fund. For an individual in an institution
19		or facility of the Department of Corrections the interest
20		shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund. The Department
21		shall disburse all moneys so held no later than the person's
22		final discharge from the Department. Moneys in the account of
23		a committed person who files a lawsuit determined frivolous

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1		under Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be
2		deducted to pay for the filing fees and cost of the suit as
3		provided in that Article. The Department shall under rules and
4		regulations record and receipt all personal property not
5		allowed to committed persons. The Department shall return such
6		property to the individual no later than the person's release
7		on parole or aftercare.
8		(b) Any money held in accounts of committed persons
9		separated from the Department by death, discharge, or
10		unauthorized absence and unclaimed for a period of 1 year
11		thereafter by the person or his legal representative shall be
12		transmitted to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it into
13		the General Revenue Fund. Articles of personal property of
14		persons so separated may be sold or used by the Department if
15		unclaimed for a period of 1 year for the same purpose.
16		Clothing, if unclaimed within 30 days, may be used or disposed
17		of as determined by the Department.
18		(c) Forty percent of the profits on sales from commissary
19		stores shall be expended by the Department for the special
20		benefit of committed persons which shall include but not be
21		limited to the advancement of inmate payrolls, for the special
22		benefit of employees, and for the advancement or reimbursement
23		of employee travel, provided that amounts expended for
24		employees shall not exceed the amount of profits derived from
25		sales made to employees by such commissaries, as determined by
26		the Department. The remainder of the profits from sales from

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