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Current as of March 08, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to county attorneys fund established by § 11-539. By 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 department of economic security, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the department of economic security.
3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 divided by two equals the composite index.
4. The composite index for each county shall be used as the multiplier against the total funds appropriated from the state general fund and other monies distributed to the fund pursuant to § 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 § 11-539. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in § 11-539.
C. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to indigent defense fund established by § 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 department of economic security, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the department of economic security.
3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 divided by two equals the composite index.
4. The composite index for each county shall be used as the multiplier against the total funds appropriated from the state general fund and other monies distributed to the fund pursuant to § 41-2421.
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 § 11-588. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in § 11-588.
E. By January 8, 2001 and by January 8 each year thereafter, 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 41. State Government § 41-2409. State aid; administration - last updated March 08, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-41-state-government/az-rev-st-sect-41-2409/
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