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REFERENCE TITLE: investigation expenses; evidence collection fund |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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SB 1380 |
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Introduced by Senator Steele
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AN ACT
amending section 13‑1414, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to family offenses.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 13-1414, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
13-1414. Expenses of investigation; forensic evidence collection fund
A. Any medical or forensic interview expenses arising out of the need to secure evidence that a person has been the victim of a dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13‑705 or a sexual assault an offense listed in this subsection shall be paid by the county in which the offense occurred: .
1. A dangerous crime against children as defined in section 13‑705.
2. Sexual assault.
3. Abuse or neglect as defined in section 8‑201.
4. A Domestic violence offense pursuant to section 13‑3601.
B. The forensic evidence collection fund is established consisting of monies that are appropriated to the fund and monies that are available to the fund from any other source. The office of the governor shall administer the fund and may accept private grants, gifts, contributions and devises to be used for the purposes of this section. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated.
C. The Office of the Governor may use annually up to five percent of the monies in the fund for administrative costs and shall distribute the remainder of the fund monies to counties that request reimbursement for medical or forensic interview expenses that were paid pursuant to subsection A of this section.
D. The legislature shall annually appropriate to the forensic evidence collection fund sufficient monies to reimburse counties that have paid medical or forensic expenses pursuant to subsection a of this section and shall specify the maximum amount that is payable to each participating county. The maximum amount payable to a county shall include a basic amount of money that is made available in equal amounts to each participating county and the remainder of the monies shall be made available to each participating county based on the percentage of each county's number of conducted investigations to the total number of investigations conducted by all participating counties.