§ 512-a. Earnings of youth. The division for youth may grant
compensation to youth for work performed in division facility programs,
or pursuant to work programs in accordance with rules and regulations
established by the division for youth and approved by the director of
the budget. Such rules and regulations need not be uniform as to each
program and may establish, on the basis of work performed, the amount of
compensation to be paid and the manner in which it is to be paid to each
youth, or paid to the youth's dependents, or credited to the youth's
account until his or her discharge from such program. Such compensation
may be paid from moneys appropriated to the division for youth for
maintenance and operation.