Section 559.635

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 559

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   

  559.635.  Correctional substance abuse earnings fund, use, rules. — 1.  There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Correctional Substance Abuse Earnings Fund".  The state treasurer shall credit to the fund any interest earned from investing the moneys in the fund.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, money in the correctional substance abuse earnings fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue at the end of the biennium.

  2.  Fees received pursuant to the required educational assessment and community treatment program shall be deposited in the correctional substance abuse earnings fund.  The moneys received from such fees shall be appropriated solely for assistance in securing alcohol and drug rehabilitation services.

  3.  The department of corrections and the department of mental health shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer the provisions of this section.  No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536.

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(L. 1998 H.B. 1147, et al. § 4)