N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:2-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 10A:2-7.5 - Role of the Business Manager

(a) Upon receipt of the order from the Administrator, the Business Manager or designee shall, with the monthly posting of each State pay or funds from other sources, remove any amount of funds in excess of the one time monthly amount of $ 15.00 from the account of the inmate until all inmate debt has been paid in full.

(b) With the monthly posting of each State pay or funds from other sources, any amount of funds in excess of the one time monthly amount of $ 15.00 shall be removed from the account of an inmate as permitted by Federal and State statutes to pay obligations before correctional facility restitution.

(c) Funds collected for restitution must be deposited and recorded in accordance with the Department of Treasury and the Department of Corrections policies and procedures.

(d) Each removal of funds from an inmate account shall be noted on the inmate account record. The inmate shall be informed in writing of each removal of funds for restitution in the monthly inmate trust account statement.

(e) In the event an inmate is transferred to another correctional facility within the Department of Corrections, funds shall continue to be removed from the account of the inmate until restitution has been paid in full.

(f) The Business Manager or designee of the receiving correctional facility shall forward all funds collected for restitution to the correctional facility which suffered the loss involved.

(g) In the event an inmate is released with funds due a correctional facility for restitution, the debt shall be handled in accordance with applicable State and Departmental policies and procedures.

(h) Any amount owed by an inmate upon release shall not be deducted from any financial aid the inmate may receive.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:2-7.5

Amended by R.2006 d.113, effective 3/20/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 4505(b), 38 N.J.R. 1456(c).
Made grammatical and technical corrections throughout; rewrote (d), (e), (g) and (h).