WEST virginia legislature
2019 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
House Bill 3057
By Delegate Shott
[Originating in the Committee on Finance, February 22, 2019.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §62-15-9a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund; removing limitations on expenditures; and providing for disposition of moneys in the fund at the end of fiscal year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
article 15. drug offender accountability and treatment act.
§62-15-9a. Adult Drug
Court Participation Fund created.
(a) There is created
within the State Treasury a The special revenue fund created
within the State Treasury designated the Adult Drug Court Participation
Fund to be administered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is hereby
continued. The fund shall consist of moneys received from individuals
participating in an adult drug court program.
(b) The fund shall
consist of moneys received from individuals participating in an adult drug
court program. All moneys collected by the Administrator of the Supreme
Court of Appeals for participation in the court’s adult drug court program
shall be deposited into the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund. Any moneys remaining
in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and be
available for expenditure during the ensuing fiscal year.
(c) All moneys deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund shall be used to pay the costs associated with maintaining and administering the court’s adult drug court programs.
(d) All moneys collected
by the Administrator of the Supreme Court of Appeals for participation in the
court’s adult drug court program shall be deposited into the Adult Drug Court
Participation Fund. Expenditures from the fund shall be for the purpose set
forth in subsection (c) of this section and are not authorized from collections
but are to be made only in accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and
in accordance with article three, chapter twelve of this code and upon
fulfillment of the requirements of article two, chapter eleven-b of this code:
Provided, That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, expenditures
are authorized from collections rather than pursuant to appropriation by the
Legislature