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REFERENCE TITLE: alcohol tax; substance abuse treatment |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006
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HB 2554 |
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Introduced by Representative Anderson
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AN ACT
AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 36-2007; AMENDING section 42-3102, Arizona Revised Statutes; RELATING TO LUXURY PRIVILEGE TAX.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 18, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2007, to read:
36-2007. Substance abuse treatment fund
A. The substance abuse treatment fund is established for the purpose of funding drug and alcohol abuse services and prevention programs through regional behavioral health authorities in this state. The director of the department of health services shall administer the fund. The fund consists of monies distributed pursuant to section 42-3102, subsection B.
B. The director may accept and spend federal monies and private grants, gifts, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the purposes of this section. These monies do not revert to the state general fund at the end of the fiscal year.
C. All monies deposited in the fund are in addition to any other appropriation, transfer or allocation of public or private monies from any other source and shall not supplant, replace or cause a reduction in other funding sources.
D. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations and are continuously appropriated. On notice from the director, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
E. The director shall spend monies in the fund through regional behavioral health authorities in this state as follows:
1. Fifty-eight per cent for rural detoxification programs and related follow‑up services.
2. Twenty-five per cent for substance abuse treatment services for pregnant women and working parents and their families.
3. Seventeen per cent for developing, implementing and operating an outcome based service EFFECTIVENESS REPORTING system to be administered by a third party.
f. The monies described in subsection e of this section shall be used only for the purposes under subsection e of this section and are not subject to the normal administrative withholdings by the department of health services or by the regional behavioral health authorities.
Sec. 2. Section 42-3102, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-3102. Distribution to state general fund and substance abuse treatment fund
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section and unless otherwise provided by this article or article 6 or 7 of this chapter, the department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35‑147, all monies collected pursuant to this chapter in the state general fund.
B. The department shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35‑147, ______ per cent of monies collected pursuant to section 42-3052, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 to the substance abuse treatment Fund established by section 36-2007. the amount deposited under this subsection shall not exceed twelve million dollars.