Section R10-4-303. Fund Guidelines Required

A.      Within 60 days after this Article takes effect, the contact within the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona Department of Law, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall submit to the Commission the recipient’s guide- lines regarding the following:

1.        The procedure for handling Fund monies until they are allocated for expenditure,

2.        The procedure used to allocate Fund monies,

3.        The procedure used to ensure that Fund monies are expended as specified in A.R.S. § 41-2401(D), and

4.        The procedure used to assess the impact of the Fund mon- ies on enhancing criminal justice in the manner specified in A.R.S. § 41-2401(D).

B.       Within 60 days after this Article takes effect, the contact for each county Sheriff’s Office or the Arizona Sheriffs’ Associa- tion shall submit to the Commission guidelines that meet the standard described in subsections (A)(3) and (4);

C.      Within 60 days after the guidelines submitted under subsec- tions (A) and (B) are received, the Commission shall review the guidelines and assist the contact to make any changes nec- essary to protect Fund monies and ensure that Fund monies are expended as specified in A.R.S. § 41-2401.

D.      A recipient or the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association shall review and, if necessary, update the guidelines. By October 1 of each year, the contact for each recipient or the Arizona Sheriffs’ Association shall provide to the Commission the guidelines as revised or inform the Commission that no revision is neces- sary. Within 60 days after revised guidelines submitted under this subsection are received, the Commission shall review the revised guidelines and assist the contact to make any changes necessary to protect Fund monies and ensure that Fund monies are expended as specified in A.R.S. § 41-2401.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 11, 1986 (Supp. 86-5). R10-4-303 repealed by summary action with an interim effective date of November 28, 1997; filed in the Office of the Secretary of State November 3, 1997 (Supp. 97-4). Adopted summary rules filed March 16, 1998; interim effective date of November 28, 1997, now the permanent effective date (Supp. 98-1). New Section made by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 1469, effective September 10,

2011 (Supp. 11-3).