Authorization to Charge for Work Products of the Program

(a)Every effort shall be made by the Director to make the Program self-supporting from the funds generated therefrom. The Director shall submit to the Governor and to the Speaker of the Legislature a full report on the status of the Program within ninety

(90)days after the enactment of this Chapter and annually thereafter, when the Department's budget request is submitted to the Governor.

(b)The Director is authorized and directed to establish fees and charges for the work products or products generated by the Program and to use such funds generated, after paying the inmates as provided in § 84.02, to support the Program by way of supplies, equipment and administrative expenses.

(c)When services, produce, or products generated by the Program are used by the Department for its own in-house purposes, the Director is authorized to pay the inmates from appropriations to the Department for their labor in creating such services, produce or products.