196.042 Criminal justice reinvestment fund -- Annual funds appropriations -- Dedicated use of funds. (1) The criminal justice reinvestment fund is created as a trust fund. The trust fund shall consist of funds deposited pursuant to KRS 196.044 and shall be appropriated for the purposes set forth in subsection (3) of this section. The department shall administer the fund. (2) Any interest earned on moneys in the fund shall become a part of the fund and shall not lapse. (3) All funds in the criminal justice reinvestment fund shall be appropriated ninety (90) days after the close of the fiscal year as follows: (a) Twenty percent (20%) to the department for expanding and enhancing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment programs for inmates; (b) Twenty percent (20%) to the Office of Drug Control Policy for expanding and treatment programs, enhancing evidence-based substance use disorder including but not limited to treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome; (c) Twenty percent (20%) to the crime victims' compensation fund established in KRS 49.480; (d) Twenty percent (20%) to the department for reentry services, including but not limited to vocational training; and (e) Twenty percent (20%) to the community corrections fund established in KRS 196.732. (4) For programs that receive funding under subsection (3) of this section, the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not be used to replace any other state or county appropriations that the programs would have received if not for the appropriation made pursuant to this section. Effective: June 29, 2017 History: Created 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 100, effective June 29, 2017. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/28/2019). Subsection (3)(a) of this statute, as created under 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 100, contained a reference to "the crime victims' compensation fund created under KRS 346.185." This reference has been changed to read "the crime victims' compensation fund created under KRS 49.480." KRS 346.185 was repealed, reenacted as KRS 49.480, and amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 48, but the reference noted above was not changed to conform with the renumbering during codification. The Reviser of Statutes has made this change under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(e).
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