ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

House: APPROP DP 12-3-0-0

HB 2018: counties; committed youth contributions; repeal

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Caucus & COW

Overview

Repeals the committed youth confinement cost sharing fee (Fee) for Maricopa and Pima counties and distributes the remaining money in the Department of Juvenile Corrections Cost Sharing Fund (Fund).

History

The Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) collects money from counties and deposits the money into a Fund to use for the operating costs of the Department (A.R.S. § 41-2833).

ADJC requests counties with a population of 500,000 or greater pay the Fee within 30 days. If unpaid, the State Treasurer withholds the amount owed and interest from any transaction privilege tax revenue that would otherwise be transferred to the county. The Fee can be paid from any source of county revenue, including certain special taxing jurisdictions (A.R.S. § 41-2832).

Laws 2015, Ch. 17, the FY 2016 Criminal Justice Budget Reconciliation Bill (BRB), established the Fee for all counties to pay in proportion to their population. Laws 2019, Ch. 268, the FY 2020 Criminal Justice BRB, removed the fee for all counties except for Maricopa and Pima counties which received a one-year exemption. In FY 2023, Maricopa and Pima counties will pay a total of $8,450,900 for the Fee.

Provisions

1.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteEliminates the Fee. (Sec. 1)

2.   Removes the Fund. (Sec. 1)

3.   Directs the Department of Administration to distribute the remaining fund balance to counties in proportion to their population. (Sec. 1)

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