Autauga County Work Release Fund; disposition of wages.

(a) The sheriff may establish the Autauga County Work Release Fund at a bank selected by the sheriff located in Autauga County, Alabama. The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall pay the wages of the inmate directly to the board. All wages received by the board under this subpart shall be deposited by the board into the fund. The fund shall be administered by the board, or by the sheriff as designee of the board, in accordance with the rules established by the board.

(b) The board shall adopt rules concerning the disbursement of any wages of the inmate involved in the program.

(c) The board may apply from the wages of the inmate received by the board up to 40 percent of the gross wages of the inmate for the payment of costs incident to the confinement of the inmate, as well as for any law enforcement purposes deemed appropriate by the board.

(d) The board may adopt policies to allow the monies to be spent exclusively for the betterment of law enforcement in the interest of the public as the sheriff sees fit in addition to for operation of the jail.

(e) After application of the wages of the inmate as provided by this subpart, the remainder shall be applied by the board to the payment of court-ordered child support.

(f) After deduction from the gross pay of the inmate as provided by this subpart, the remainder of the wages of the inmate shall be credited to the account of the inmate in the Autauga County Work Release Fund and, upon his or her release from confinement, shall be turned over to the inmate.

(g) The board may turn over the remainder of the wages of the inmate to the family of the inmate for its support while the inmate is confined, provided the inmate gives written consent prior to his or her release into the program.

(Act 2010-681, p. 1651, §5; Act 2010-744, p. 1882, §5.)