A. The Commissioner of Public Safety is authorized to receive funds from gifts, federal and state agency sources, state and local agency employees, and tuition and fees for room and meals from users of the Robert R. Lester Training Center and other training facilities of the Department of Public Safety. All amounts collected shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Revolving Fund.

B. The Commissioner or designee is authorized to receive contributions, gifts and donations for the sole benefit and operation of the education programs of the Department including, but not limited to, the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program. All monies received by the Commissioner or designee pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Restricted Revolving Fund and shall be expended by the Department solely for the purposes of the operation of the education programs of the Department. All other property received by the Commissioner or designee pursuant to this subsection shall be held by the Department in trust under the terms and conditions imposed by the donors, and title to any and all property acquired, granted or donated to the Department shall be taken in the name of the state to be held for the use and benefit of such education programs of the Department under the conditions of the grants or donations. Provided, however, no real property shall be accepted by the Commissioner or designee for the purposes of this subsection.

C. There is hereby created a petty cash fund for the Department of Public Safety. Said fund shall be used by the Department to operate cash drawers as necessary. The amount of the petty cash fund shall be determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Commissioner of Public Safety. Purchases from the petty cash fund shall be prohibited. The Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall be authorized to prescribe forms, systems and procedures for the administration of the petty cash fund.

Added by Laws 1972, c. 84, § 4, emerg. eff. March 28, 1972. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 286, § 12, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1987, c. 5, § 148, emerg. eff. March 11, 1987; Laws 1988, c. 290, § 11, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1990, c. 258, § 62, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 218, § 4, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 211, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2002, c. 397, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2002; Laws 2011, c. 335, § 4; Laws 2012, c. 283, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 164.