41-2409. State aid; administration; report

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A. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to county attorneys fund established by section 11-539. On or before September 1 of each year, the commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county according to the following composite index formula:

1. The three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court in the county, divided by the statewide three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court.

2. The county population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity.

3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection divided by two equals the composite index.

4. The composite index for each county shall be used as the multiplier against the total monies appropriated from the state general fund and other monies distributed to the fund pursuant to section 41-2421.

B. The board of supervisors in each county shall separately account for the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection A of this section and may expend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 11-539. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in section 11-539.

C. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to indigent defense fund established by section 11-588. By September 1 of each fiscal year, the commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county according to the following composite index formula:

1. The three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court in the county divided by the statewide three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court.

2. The county population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity.

3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection divided by two equals the composite index.

D. The board of supervisors shall separately account for the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection C of this section and may expend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 11-588. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in section 11-588.

E. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund established by section 41-2410. On or before September 1 of each fiscal year, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county based on the proportional share of filings for each county in the most recent fiscal year for which juvenile dependency case filing figures are available. Distributions from the state aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund to a county may not exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year.

If a county distribution in any fiscal year is projected to exceed $250,000, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies in excess of $250,000 to the remaining counties based on the proportional share of juvenile dependency case filings statewide for each county less the juvenile dependency case filings from the counties that have reached the maximum distribution in the fiscal year.

F. The board of supervisors shall separately account for the monies distributed pursuant to subsection E of this section and may spend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 41-2410. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be spent only for the purposes specified in section 41-2410.

G. On or before January 8 each year, the commission shall report to each county board of supervisors, the governor, the legislature, the joint legislative budget committee, the chief justice of the supreme court and the attorney general on the expenditure of the monies in the state aid to county attorneys fund and the state aid to indigent defense fund for the prior fiscal year and on the progress made in achieving the goal of improved criminal case processing.