Section 9-118. Commissaries  


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  • a. The commissioner of correction may establish
      a commissary in any institution under  the  commissioner's  jurisdiction
      for the use and benefit of the inmates and employees thereof. All moneys
      received  from  the  sales  of  such  commissaries  shall  be  paid over
      semi-monthly to the commissioner of finance without deduction. Except as
      otherwise provided in this subdivision, the provisions of section 12-114
      of the code shall apply to every officer or employee who  receives  such
      moneys  in  the performance of his or her duties in any such commissary.
      The accounts of  the  commissaries  shall  be  subject  to  supervision,
      examination  and  audit  by  the comptroller and all other powers of the
      comptroller in accordance with the provisions of the charter and code.
        b. All moneys received from the sales from such commissaries shall  be
      kept in a separate and distinct fund to be known as the commissary fund.
      Such fund shall be used for:
        1. The purchase of all merchandise for resale in such commissaries;
        2.  The  purchase  of  supplies,  materials,  and  equipment  for such
      commissaries;
        3. The furnishing of work or labor to be done for  such  commissaries;
      and
        4.  All  other costs and expenses of operating such commissaries other
      than  the  salaries  of  officers  and  employees   employed   in   such
      commissaries.
        c.  Any  surplus  remaining in the commissary fund after deducting all
      items described in subdivision b hereof shall be used  for  the  general
      welfare of the inmates of the institutions under the jurisdiction of the
      department of correction. In the event such fund at any time exceeds one
      hundred thousand dollars, the excess shall be transferred to the general
      fund.
        d.   All   expenditures  for  items  described  in  paragraph  one  of
      subdivision b of this section shall be made upon vouchers issued by  the
      commissioner  of correction and subject to audit by the comptroller. All
      other expenditures described in subdivision b and subdivision c of  this
      section  shall  be made by the commissioner in accordance with schedules
      approved by the mayor or  of  the  director  of  the  budget  acting  in
      accordance  with  a  delegation  of  power from the mayor. All supplies,
      materials, equipment and merchandise to be furnished  and  all  work  or
      labor to be done, the cost of which is payable from the commissary fund,
      shall  be  furnished  or  provided  in accordance with the provisions of
      chapter one of title six of the charter and of the code.
        e. The salaries of the employees of such commissaries shall  be  fixed
      by the mayor.
        f.  Any  officer  or  employee,  whose  duties  in connection with the
      commissary fund involve possession  of  or  control  over  funds,  shall
      execute  a  bond  to the city for the faithful performance of his or her
      duties in such sum as may be fixed and with sureties to be  approved  by
      the comptroller.