(a) There is created the State-County Community Corrections Partnership Fund in the State Treasury, which shall consist of all monies paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the fund by legislative appropriation, grant, gift, or otherwise for the development, implementation, and maintenance of community-based punishment programs established or operating pursuant to Act 2003-353. All monies in the fund shall be subject to withdrawal by the Department of Corrections, utilized for the implementation and operation of the community-based punishment programs, and shall be used to award grants to establish or expand community-based punishment programs for eligible felony offenders. The funds shall not be used for the operating costs, construction, or any other costs associated with local jail confinement, or for any purpose other than the development and operation of community-based punishment programs. Revenue appropriated to the division to fund community-based punishment programs shall not revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year, but shall remain in the account for expenditures in the following fiscal year. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act or other appropriation acts.
(b) The provisions of Act 2003-353 requiring the creation and maintenance of a Community Corrections Division within the Department of Corrections for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities under Act 2003-353 shall be effective only in those years in which the Legislature provides an annual appropriation in the minimum amount of $5.5 million to the State-County Community Corrections Partnership Fund. In any year in which the appropriation to the fund falls below $5.5 million, the duties and responsibilities of the division or its director may be carried out by employees of the Department of Corrections as determined by the commissioner.
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