Disposition of Funds

(a) All amounts collected and deposited in the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund shall be expended for the implementation of this subpart, including, but not limited to: (i) paying salaries and other expenses involved in conducting investigations and studies necessary to determine whether particular defendants will be granted the benefits of this subpart; (ii) administration required to carry out this subpart; (iii) transportation of defendants to and from their places of employment; (iv) matching any federal and state grants that may be available in relation to the purposes of this subpart; and (v) implementation and administration of the treatment, rehabilitation, education, intervention, and pretrial diversion programs created pursuant to Section 45-40-233.79 as determined to be required by law or consistent with the purposes of this subpart. (b) If at the end of any fiscal year there is a surplus in the Lawrence County Community Corrections and Court Services Fund, the surplus shall be paid to the General Fund of Lawrence County if a majority of the commission members, by affirmative vote, decide at a convened meeting of the commission that the surplus, or any portion thereof, is in excess of an amount necessary to carry out this subpart. (Act 2024-320, §6; Act 2026-312, §1.)