HB3057 HJUD AM 2-18 #1

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill on page one, by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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 special revenue fund designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund to be administered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. 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. 

(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