N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:20-4.30

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 10A:20-4.30 - Maintenance fees and alternate maintained reintegration savings program

(a) All inmates who participate in an employment component while residing in a Residential Community Reintegration Program under contract with the Department of Corrections shall be required to pay a maintenance fee in accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.4.

1. The purpose of the maintenance fee is to offset costs of maintenance related to the inmate confinement in accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.4.

2. The maintenance fee, computed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.4, shall:

i. Be 30 percent of weekly net wages;

ii. Not to exceed $ 50.00 for each day worked by the inmate; and

iii. Be non-refundable to the inmate.

(b) If fees for maintenance change in accordance with N.J.S.A. 30:4-91.4, these changes shall be reflected at (a)2 above through a notice of administrative change published in the New Jersey Register.

(c) Each inmate shall be given a receipt for the maintenance fee paid and a copy shall be maintained by the RCRP.

(d) The maintenance fee shall be collected from each inmate in the form of a money order by a designated staff member of the RCRP and the amount shall be deducted from the Department of Corrections monthly invoice by the RCRP.

1. Information relating to the collection of maintenance fees shall be attached to Form AR 50/54 State of New Jersey Payment Voucher (Vendor Invoice).

(e) Inmates who participate in an employment component while residing in a Residential Community Reintegration Program may alternately opt to voluntarily allow the RCRP to deposit collected maintenance fees into an individualized maintained reintegration savings program account at the regional institution.

1. Each inmate shall be given a receipt for the maintained reintegration savings program account deposit and a copy shall be maintained by the RCRP.

2. Funds for the alternate maintained reintegration savings program shall be collected from each inmate in the form of a money order by a designated staff member of the Residential Community Reintegration Program and the money order shall be forwarded to the regional institution's business office for deposit.

i. The regional institution's business office shall maintain the funds in a restricted trust account.

ii. The inmate cannot withdraw funds from the restricted trust account at any time during their incarceration.

iii. The inmate will receive all maintenance fees collected and voluntarily redirected to the alternate maintained reintegration savings program and held. The restricted trust fund account will be dispensed to the inmate upon release from custody of the New Jersey Department of Corrections.

iv. Maintenance fees collected prior to the inmate's voluntary admission into the alternate maintained reintegration savings program will be utilized in line with the purpose stated within this section and shall not be distributed to the inmate upon release.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:20-4.30

Amended by R.2003 d.225, effective 6/2/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 4325(a), 35 N.J.R. 2483(a).
Rewrote (a); deleted former (b) and recodified former (c) and (d) as (b) and (c); recodified former (e) and (f) as (d) and (e) and substituted "RCRP" for" "contract agency"; recodified former (g) as (f) and inserted "AR 50/54" following "Form".
Amended by R.2008 d.266, effective 9/2/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 2647(a), 40 N.J.R. 5040(a).
In (c), substituted "(b)" for "(c)".

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2191(a), effective 10/16/2023