OAR 291-158-0005: Authority, Purpose, and Policy

(1) Authority: The authority for these rules is granted to the Director of the Department of Corrections (DOC) in accordance with ORS 30.643, 34.365, 34.370, 98.302, 138.590, 144.335, 179.040, 179.510 to 179.530, 421.068, 421.125, 423.020, 423.030, 423.075, and ORS 423.105. (2) Purpose: The purpose of these rules is to establish Department of Corrections policies and procedures for the administration of adult in custody trust accounts and financial information, and to safeguard adult in custody funds for authorized expenditures and assessments during incarceration, or, in anticipation of release. (3) Policy: (a) It is the policy of the Department of Corrections to restrict the use of adult in custody funds for authorized purposes. The department will control and safeguard adult in custody funds utilizing accepted accounting procedures. Moneys received not in accordance with these rules will be considered contraband and placed in the AIC Welfare Fund . Every person who is charged with processing adult in custody money or trust funds shall follow these rules . (b) It is the policy of the Department of Corrections to make appropriate assessments on an adult in custody’s account, as provided by statute or rule, including assessments for court-ordered costs and fees in judicial review proceedings, in habeas corpus and post-conviction cases, in tort actions against a public body, and in other proceedings as authorized or required by law. The department intends that its rules authorizing assessments against an adult in custody’s account for these purposes apply retroactively to assessments made by the department prior to, on, and after the effective date of these rules .