A.R.S. tit. 41 ch. 21 — Arizona Revised Statutes Title 41 Chapter 21 — Arizona Criminal Justice Commission

41-2401. Criminal justice enhancement fund A. The criminal justice enhancement fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to section 12-116.01 and monies available from any other source. The state treasurer shall administer the fund. B. On or before November 1 of each year, each department, agency or office that receives monies pursuant to this section shall provide to the Arizona criminal justice commission a report for the preceding fiscal year. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the Arizona criminal justice commission. The report shall set forth the sources of all monies and all expenditures. The report shall not include any identifying information about specific investigations. C. On or before December 1 of each year, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall compile all reports into a single comprehensive report and shall submit a copy of the comprehensive report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the director of the joint legislative budget committee. D. On the first day of each month, the state treasurer shall distribute or deposit: 1. 20.81 percent in the department of public safety forensics fund established by section 41-1730. 2. 3.57 percent to the department of juvenile corrections for the treatment and rehabilitation of youth who have committed drug-related offenses. 3. 5.18 percent in the prosecuting attorneys' advisory council training fund established by section 41-1830.03. 4. 12.38 percent to the supreme court for the purpose of reducing juvenile crime. 5. 10.01 percent to the department of public safety for allocation to state and local law enforcement authorities for the following purposes: (a) To enhance projects that are designed to prevent residential and commercial burglaries, to control street crime, including the activities of criminal street gangs, and to locate missing children. (b) To provide support to the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system. (c) Operational costs of the criminal justice information system. 6. 12.38 percent to the department of law for allocation to county attorneys for the purpose of enhancing prosecutorial efforts. 7. 8.59 percent to the supreme court for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the courts to process criminal and delinquency cases, orders of protection, injunctions against harassment and any proceeding relating to domestic violence matters, for auditing and investigating persons or entities licensed or certified by the supreme court and for processing judicial discipline cases. Notwithstanding section 12-143, subsection A, the salary of superior court judges pro tempore who are appointed for the purposes provided in this paragraph shall, and the salary of other superior court judges pro tempore who are appointed pursuant to section 12-141 for the purposes provided in this paragraph may, be paid in full by the monies received pursuant to this paragraph. 8. 15.06 percent to the county sheriffs for the purpose of enhancing county jail facilities and operations, including county jails under the jurisdiction of county jail districts. 9. 3.52 percent to the Arizona criminal justice commission. 10. 4.34 percent in the department of public safety forensics fund established by section 41-1730. 11. 4.16 percent to the supreme court for the purpose of providing drug treatment services to adult probationers through the community punishment program established in title 12, chapter 2, article 11. E. Monies distributed pursuant to subsection D, paragraphs 3, 6, 8 and 10 of this section constitute a continuing appropriation. Monies distributed pursuant to subsection D, paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 and 11 of this section are subject to legislative appropriation. F. The portion of the monies for direct operating expenses of the department of public safety in subsection D, paragraph 5 of this section is subject to legislative appropriation. The remainder of the monies in subsection D, paragraph 5 of this section, including the portion for local law enforcement, is continuously appropriated. G. The allocation of monies pursuant to subsection D, paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the Arizona criminal justice commission pursuant to section 41-2405. 41-2402. Drug and gang enforcement fund; resource center fund; uses A. The drug and gang enforcement fund is established and consists of monies appropriated by the legislature and any other monies available from other sources, public or private. Monies in the fund shall be used to enhance efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in section 13-105. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies from the drug and gang enforcement fund in the following manner: 1. Up to fifty percent to fund law enforcement agencies approved by the commission to enhance both: (a) The investigation of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. (b) Drug and gang education and prevention programs. 2. Up to fifty percent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the state, county, city or town prosecution of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity. 3. Up to thirty percent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the courts to process drug and gang offenses and related criminal cases, either through the appointment of judges pro tempore or the establishment of additional divisions of the courts only for the purposes of this section, enhancing defense and probation services, including treatment, and funding the drug testing program. 4. Up to thirty percent to fund programs by county sheriffs and the state department of corrections, as approved by the commission, to enhance drug offender treatment programs and the jail operations and facilities available to detain and incarcerate drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in section 13-105. 5. Up to thirty percent to fund programs and agencies, as approved by the commission, to enhance the integration of criminal justice records relating to drug and gang offenders and their related criminal activity. C. Any state agency that receives monies allocated from the drug and gang enforcement fund shall not include the monies as part of the state agency's continuation budget base for the purpose of requesting appropriations for the following fiscal year. D. All the monies allocated from the drug and gang enforcement fund shall be dedicated solely to the purpose of enhancing efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug and gang and related criminal offenders, except those monies allocated pursuant to subsection G of this section. E. Notwithstanding the limitations prescribed in subsection B of this section, any federal monies or matching state monies in the drug and gang enforcement fund may only be allocated by the commission pursuant to a plan approved by the federal government. F. The auditor general shall annually perform a full and complete audit of the drug and gang enforcement fund or the commission shall annually contract with an accounting firm to perform the audit and deliver a report to the governor and the legislature. The audit shall be charged to the drug and gang enforcement fund. G. The resource center fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 12-284.03, subsection A, paragraph 1 and section 41-178 and all monies received from public or private gifts, grants or other sources, excluding federal monies and monies to be passed through to other entities, to be used solely for funding the Arizona youth survey and Arizona statistical analysis center. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. Any monies unexpended or unencumbered on June 30 of each year shall not be subsequently expended or encumbered unless reappropriated. Monies in the drug and gang enforcement fund shall not be used to fund the Arizona youth survey. 41-2403. Designated state administering agency for federal Edward Byrne memorial justice assistance grants; report A. The Arizona criminal justice commission is this state's designated state administering agency for the federal Edward Byrne Memorial justice assistance grant that is administered by the United States department of justice, bureau of justice assistance, office of justice programs. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall submit a copy of the federal application for Edward Byrne memorial justice assistance grant monies to the joint legislative budget committee for review at least thirty days before the federal application for the grant is submitted. 41-2404. Arizona criminal justice commission; members; compensation; terms; meetings A. The Arizona criminal justice commission is established consisting of the following members: 1. The attorney general or the attorney general's designee. 2. The director of the department of public safety or the director's designee. 3. The director of the state department of corrections or the director's designee. 4. Seventeen members who are appointed by the governor. Not more than nine of these members may be from the same political party. 5. The administrative director of the courts or the director's designee. 6. The chairperson of the board of executive clemency or the chairperson's designee. B. The members who are appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section shall include at least one police chief, one county attorney and one county sheriff from a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more persons, one police chief, one county attorney and one county sheriff from a county with a population equal to or greater than four hundred fifty thousand persons but fewer than one million five hundred thousand persons and one police chief, one county attorney and one county sheriff from counties with a population of fewer than four hundred fifty thousand persons. The remaining members shall include one law enforcement leader, one former judge, one mayor, one member of a county board of supervisors, one public defender, two victim advocates and one chief probation officer. C. Members who are appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 4 of this section shall serve for terms of two years terminating on the convening of the first regular session of the legislature and may not use a designee for their attendance. Any appointive member who ceases to be a member of the body the member represents on the commission is deemed to have resigned. Appointments to fill a vacancy shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment. D. The commission shall meet and organize by electing from among its membership officers as are deemed necessary or advisable. The commission shall hold four meetings during each calendar year, and each member shall attend at least three meetings. Additional meetings may be held as determined by the chairperson. If a member fails to attend at least three meetings each calendar year, the member's position is deemed vacant by operation of law. Appointments to fill a vacancy shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. E. Members of the commission are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2. 41-2405. Arizona criminal justice commission; powers and duties; staff A. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall: 1. Monitor the progress and implementation of new and continuing criminal justice legislation. 2. Facilitate research among criminal justice agencies and maintain criminal justice system information. 3. Facilitate coordinated statewide efforts to improve criminal justice information and data sharing. 4. Prepare for the governor a biennial criminal justice system review report. The report shall contain: (a) An analysis of all criminal justice programs created by the legislature in the preceding two years. (b) An analysis of the effectiveness of the criminal code, with a discussion of any problems and recommendations for revisions if deemed necessary. (c) A study of the level of activity in the several areas of the criminal justice system, with recommendations for redistribution of criminal justice revenues if deemed necessary. (d) An overall review of the entire criminal justice system, including crime prevention, criminal apprehension, prosecution, court administration and incarceration at the state and local levels as well as funding needs for the system. (e) Recommendations for constitutional, statutory and administrative revisions that are necessary to develop and maintain a cohesive and effective criminal justice system. 5. Provide supplemental reports on criminal justice issues of special timeliness. 6. In coordination with other governmental agencies, gather information on programs that are designed to effectuate community crime prevention and education using citizen participation and on programs for alcohol and drug abuse prevention, education and treatment and disseminate that information to the public, political subdivisions, law enforcement agencies and the legislature. 7. Make recommendations to the legislature and the governor regarding the purposes and formula for allocation of fund monies as provided in section 41-2401, subsection D and section 41-2402 through the biennial agency budget request. 8. Adopt rules for the purpose of allocating fund monies as provided in sections 41-2401, 41-2402 and 41-2407 that are consistent with the purposes set forth in those sections and that promote effective and efficient use of the monies. 9. Make reports to the governor and the legislature as they require. 10. Oversee the research, analyses, studies, reports and publication of crime and criminal justice statistics prepared by the Arizona statistical analysis center, which is an operating section of the Arizona criminal justice commission. 11. Prepare an annual report on law enforcement activities in this state that are funded by the drug and gang enforcement fund or the criminal justice enhancement fund and that relate to illicit drugs and drug related gang activity. The report shall be submitted by October 31 of each year to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and a copy shall be submitted to the secretary of state. The report shall include: (a) The name and a description of each law enforcement program dealing with illegal drug activity or street gang activity, or both. (b) The objective and goals of each program. (c) The source and amount of monies received by each program. (d) The name of the agency or entity that administers each program. (e) The effectiveness of each program. 12. Compile and disseminate information on best practices for cold case investigations, including effective victim communication procedures. For the purposes of this paragraph, "cold case" means a homicide or a felony sexual offense that remains unsolved for one year or more after being reported to a law enforcement agency and that has no viable and unexplored investigatory leads. 13. Beginning January 1, 2019, submit an annual recidivism report to the legislature that compares the recidivism rate for a person who serves a term of mandatory incarceration in a county jail pursuant to section 28-1383 and a person who serves that term of mandatory incarceration in prison. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission, as necessary to perform its functions, may: 1. Request any state or local criminal justice agency to submit any necessary information. 2. Form subcommittees, make studies, conduct inquiries and hold hearings. 3. Subject to chapter 4, article 4 of this title, employ consultants for special projects and such staff as deemed necessary or advisable to carry out this section. 4. Delegate its duties to carry out this section, including: (a) The authority to enter into contracts and agreements on behalf of the commission. (b) Subject to chapter 4, article 4 and, as applicable, articles 5 and 6 of this title, the authority to appoint, hire, terminate and discipline all personnel of the commission, including consultants. 5. Establish joint research and information facilities with governmental and private agencies. 6. Accept and expend public and private grants of monies, gifts and contributions and expend, distribute or allocate monies appropriated to the commission for the purpose of enhancing efforts to investigate or prosecute and adjudicate any crime and to implement this chapter. 41-2406. Sexual assault records; reports A. The department of public safety shall electronically provide a data extract from the Arizona computerized criminal history system of all records relating to sexual assaults pursuant to section 13-1406 twice a year to the Arizona criminal justice commission. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall maintain the following records extract regarding sexual assaults pursuant to section 13-1406 that are submitted to the commission by the department of public safety: 1. The number of police reports that are filed if available. 2. The number of charges that are filed and what charges are filed. 3. The number of convictions that are obtained. 4. The sentences that are imposed for each conviction. C. The commission shall annually submit the report required by subsection B of this section to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. The commission may submit this report electronically. 41-2407. Victim compensation and assistance fund; subrogation; prohibited debt collection activity; definition A. The victim compensation and assistance fund is established. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. The victim compensation and assistance fund shall consist of monies collected pursuant to section 31-411, subsection E and sections 12-116.08, 13-4310, 31-418, 31-467.06 and 41-1674, unclaimed victim restitution monies pursuant to sections 22-116 and 44-313 and monies available from any other source. B. Subject to legislative appropriation, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall allocate monies in the victim compensation and assistance fund to public and private agencies for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and supporting programs that compensate and assist victims of crime. C. The allocation of monies pursuant to this section shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the Arizona criminal justice commission pursuant to section 41-2405, subsection A, paragraph 8. The rules shall provide that persons who suffered personal injury or death that resulted from an attempt to aid a public safety officer in the prevention of a crime or the apprehension of a criminal may be eligible for compensation. D. This state and the applicable operational unit or qualified program, as defined in the victim compensation program rules, are subrogated to the rights of an individual who receives monies from the victim compensation and assistance fund to recover or receive monies or benefits from a third party, to the extent of the amount of monies the individual receives from the fund. E. A licensed health care provider who agrees to the victim compensation program rules may receive program monies for providing health and medical services to a victim or claimant. A licensed health care provider who accepts the full allowable payment for those services from a victim compensation program funded pursuant to this section is deemed to have accepted the payment as the full payment for those services. The licensed health care provider may not collect or attempt to collect any payment for the same health and medical services from the victim or claimant, except that if a victim compensation program funded pursuant to this section is unable to pay the full allowable payment to a licensed health care provider because of a lack of available monies or for any other reason, the licensed health care provider may collect the unpaid balance for the services from the victim or claimant or from a third-party payor, and the total amount billed or requested by the licensed health care provider may not exceed the full allowable payment that the licensed health care provider agreed to accept from the victim compensation program for the services. F. If a licensed health care provider receives notice that a person has filed a claim with a victim compensation program funded by this section, the licensed health care provider is prohibited from any debt collection activity for any monies owed by the person that are included in the filed claim until an award is made on the claim or until a determination is made that the claim is noncompensable. For the purposes of this subsection, "debt collection activity" includes repeatedly telephoning or writing to the claimant and threatening to either turn the matter over to a debt collection agency or to an attorney for collection, enforcement or filing of any other debt collection process. Debt collection activity does not include routine billing or inquiries about the status of the claim. G. For the purposes of this section, "licensed health care provider" means a person or institution that is licensed or certified by this state to provide health care services, medical services, nursing services, emergency medical services, air ambulance services and ambulance services that are regulated pursuant to title 36, chapter 21.1, article 2 or other health-related services. 41-2409. State aid; administration; report A. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to county attorneys fund established by section 11-539. On or before September 1 of each year, the commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county according to the following composite index formula: 1. The three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court in the county, divided by the statewide three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court. 2. The county population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity. 3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection divided by two equals the composite index. 4. The composite index for each county shall be used as the multiplier against the total monies appropriated from the state general fund and other monies distributed to the fund pursuant to section 41-2421. B. The board of supervisors in each county shall separately account for the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection A of this section and may expend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 11-539. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in section 11-539. C. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid to indigent defense fund established by section 11-588. By September 1 of each fiscal year, the commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county according to the following composite index formula: 1. The three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court in the county divided by the statewide three-year average of the total felony filings in the superior court. 2. The county population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity, divided by the statewide population, as adopted by the office of economic opportunity. 3. The sum of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection divided by two equals the composite index. 4. The composite index for each county shall be used as the multiplier against the total monies appropriated from the state general fund and other monies distributed to the fund pursuant to section 41-2421. D. The board of supervisors shall separately account for the monies transmitted pursuant to subsection C of this section and may expend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 11-588. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be expended only for the purposes specified in section 11-588. E. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the state aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund established by section 41-2410. On or before September 1 of each fiscal year, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county based on the proportional share of filings for each county in the most recent fiscal year for which juvenile dependency case filing figures are available. Distributions from the state aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund to a county may not exceed $250,000 in any fiscal year. If a county distribution in any fiscal year is projected to exceed $250,000, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies in excess of $250,000 to the remaining counties based on the proportional share of juvenile dependency case filings statewide for each county less the juvenile dependency case filings from the counties that have reached the maximum distribution in the fiscal year. F. The board of supervisors shall separately account for the monies distributed pursuant to subsection E of this section and may spend these monies only for the purposes specified in section 41-2410. The county treasurer shall invest these monies and interest earned shall be spent only for the purposes specified in section 41-2410. G. On or before January 8 each year, the commission shall report to each county board of supervisors, the governor, the legislature, the joint legislative budget committee, the chief justice of the supreme court and the attorney general on the expenditure of the monies in the state aid to county attorneys fund and the state aid to indigent defense fund for the prior fiscal year and on the progress made in achieving the goal of improved criminal case processing. 41-2410. State aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund; exemption A. The state aid for juvenile dependency proceedings fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. Monies in the fund shall be used to provide state aid to county public defenders, legal defenders and contract indigent defense counsel for the processing of juvenile dependency cases. B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. The commission shall distribute monies in the fund to each county pursuant to section 41-2409, subsection E. C. On notice from the commission, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investments shall be credited to the fund. 41-2411. Arizona automated fingerprint identification system; development and implementation A. The Arizona automated fingerprint identification system is established in the department of public safety for the purpose of retaining fingerprint files to be used by the department and other authorized criminal justice automated fingerprint identification sites to make fingerprint identifications for criminal justice and noncriminal justice purposes specifically permitted pursuant to law. B. The Arizona automated fingerprint identification system is an automated system consisting of: 1. A central fingerprint repository operated and maintained by the department of public safety. 2. Two remote full access system terminals which are operated and maintained by a law enforcement agency designated by the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system advisory board. C. The department of public safety shall procure the necessary equipment and services to establish the system. 41-2412. Arizona automated fingerprint identification system advisory board; duties A. The Arizona automated fingerprint identification system advisory board is established to oversee the development, operation and maintenance of the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system. The advisory board shall make recommendations to the department of public safety: 1. On system policies and procedures. 2. Relating to expansion of the system. B. The advisory board consists of the following members: 1. The director of the department of public safety. 2. The sheriff of Maricopa county. 3. The sheriff of Pima county. 4. A sheriff designated by the Arizona sheriffs' association. 5. A chief of police designated by the Arizona chiefs' of police association. 6. Two prosecuting attorneys designated by the Arizona prosecuting attorney's advisory council. 41-2413. Arizona automated fingerprint identification system manager; powers and duties; master plan; annual report The director of the department of public safety is the manager of the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system. The manager shall: 1. Supervise the operations and maintenance of the system. 2. Operate and maintain the central fingerprint repository of the system to be used by the department and other authorized criminal justice automated fingerprint identification sites to make fingerprint identifications for criminal justice and noncriminal justice purposes specifically permitted pursuant to law. 3. Develop a system master plan to describe the overall system design and functions and to establish the system and remote access network. 4. Develop a system policy manual to provide guidelines to all participating agencies. 5. Develop system standards of service for the central state repository and participating agencies. 6. Coordinate and standardize the design, development and implementation of the system and subsystems. 7. Provide for system and subsystem planning. 8. Establish as necessary advisory committees to assist in the development, implementation and operation of the system. 9. Enforce the rules adopted pursuant to section 41-1750 relating to the privacy, confidentiality and dissemination of criminal history record information collected and maintained in conjunction with operations of the system. 10. Procure equipment and services to establish the system. 11. Submit an annual report to the Arizona automated fingerprint identification system advisory board on the status of the system. 41-2414. Law enforcement crime victim notification fund; software; vendor requirement; use of monies; definition A. The law enforcement crime victim notification fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Notwithstanding any other law, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall use fund monies to expand the commission's automated crime victim notification system and to fund software that does the following: 1. Complies with all of the following: (a) Article II, section 2.1, Constitution of Arizona. (b) Title 8, chapter 3, article 7. (c) Title 13, chapter 40. 2. Enables the Arizona criminal justice commission to deploy an automated crime victim notification system to a user base consisting of law enforcement agencies. The automated crime victim notification system must do the following: (a) Automatically, and without the requirement to download a software application or to opt in to notifications, notify the victim by email or text of all of the following regarding a victim's law enforcement crime report, investigation and case, if approved by the law enforcement agency: (i) The date on which the report is filed. (ii) The case number. (iii) The name of the detective who is assigned to the case. (iv) When arrests are made. (v) When warrants are issued. (vi) When the case is sent to the prosecuting agency. (vii) Initial appearance. (b) Interface with the law enforcement agency's system of record. (c) Provide configurable triggers to send messages to crime victims. (d) Provide the ability to attach informational brochures or other electronic attachments to the messages. (e) Provide the ability for victims to find their case status on the vendors' websites with links that are available on the law enforcement agency's website. (f) Be configurable to the requirements of each law enforcement agency in this state. (g) Include the law enforcement agency's branding, email address and web domain for all communications. (h) Provide the ability to send messages in multiple languages. (i) Provide a short code or a long code telephone number with a local area code. (j) Monitor the number of messages sent and the types of messages sent and visualize the data. 3. Provides a criminal justice information service compliant automated victim notification platform that ensures the following: (a) Crime victims are automatically notified by text, automated telephone call or email following any updates to their case. (b) Law enforcement agencies determine the notifications. (c) Crime victims are able to proactively locate their case status online. (d) No additional staffing is required. 4. Provides for multiagency notification to enable an agency to automatically share the status of an incident or investigation with an identified partner agency based on configurable criteria. 5. Allows victims to leverage conversational artificial intelligence for bidirectional real-time communication with law enforcement agencies through voice, text messages and emails. The system shall provide a virtual agent that responds to and asks questions based on the victim's questions and responses. 6. Provides a mechanism to track whether there is a data outage at a law enforcement agency and informs the law enforcement agency and the Arizona criminal justice commission of the data outage. During an outage period, the software system shall have a backup process for law enforcement agencies to ensure that notifications are made in a timely and accurate manner. 7. Complies with the technical guidelines and standards for the operation of a statewide automated crime victim information and notification system recommended by the United States department of justice's bureau of justice assistance. 8. Provides a designated statewide toll-free number that is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, that is operated by trained operators available in multiple languages and that allows victims, surviving immediate family members, witnesses and other concerned citizens to search for and obtain information about an offender, inmate or case and to register for notifications. B. The vendors chosen by the Arizona criminal justice commission to be part of the partnership must have previously deployed a solution for a city police department, sheriff's office and prosecutor's office. The previously deployed solutions could have been deployed in Arizona or in another state, or a combination of both. C. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall use the monies in the fund to pay for law enforcement agencies that choose to use the automated crime victim notification system. D. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency" includes a state, city, town, county, tribal, university or prosecutorial agency. 41-2415. Unidentified patients; hospitals; criminal justice agencies; fingerprints; biometric identification A hospital that is licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 4 may request assistance from a criminal justice agency as defined in section 41-1750 for noncriminal justice purposes to determine the identity of an unidentified patient who is either incapacitated or deceased through an analysis of the patient's fingerprints or biometric identification techniques. A private investigator who is registered pursuant to title 32, chapter 24 may fingerprint or obtain the biometric information from the unidentified patient and provide the fingerprints or biometric information to the criminal justice agency without the patient's consent or authorization. The criminal justice agency shall provide the name of the unidentified patient to the hospital but may not provide any of the patient's criminal history record. The requesting hospital is responsible for the cost of fingerprinting or obtaining the biometric information from the patient and shall pay the fee that is established pursuant to section 41-1750, subsection J. 41-2416. Chemical abuse and related gang activity survey The criminal justice commission shall conduct an annual statewide survey, when monies are specifically appropriated for that purpose, designed to measure both attitudes and the actual prevalence and frequency of substance abuse by children and adults and the prevalence of street gang activity in this state. The survey shall address substance abuse by children and youth in the public schools and in state institutions of higher education, as well as the nature and extent of substance abuse by adults throughout this state's communities. The survey shall also address the nature and extent of drug related gang activity in this state. The criminal justice commission shall report the results of the survey to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives not later than January 1. 41-2417. State aid to detention fund; definition A. The state aid to detention fund is established for the purposes of providing state assistance to counties in maintaining, expanding and operating juvenile detention centers required by section 8-305. On behalf of the juvenile court, the administrative office of the courts may use monies in the fund to enter into agreements with public agencies or private entities to acquire land for, build, purchase, lease-purchase, lease, maintain, expand or operate juvenile detention centers required by section 8-305. The fund consists of monies appropriated to the fund. The supreme court shall administer the fund. B. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations and are continuously appropriated. Interest earned on monies in the fund shall be used for the purpose specified in subsection A of this section. C. All monies distributed or expended from the fund shall be used to supplement, not supplant, funding to the juvenile court by the county. Unless a county has reached its expenditure limit, the county shall contribute to the project in a substantial amount through a cash or in-kind contribution. D. Monies in the fund granted to a county by agreement with the supreme court may be used to secure payment of bonds for the construction, acquisition or improvement of a juvenile detention center required by section 8-305. A county board of supervisors may authorize the bonds notwithstanding any statutory debt limitations or budget requirements applicable to the county. Grant monies used to secure bonds shall be placed by the county treasurer in a special account that may be pledged or assigned to or in trust for the benefit of bondholders as is necessary to pay and secure payment of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, the bonds as they come due. These bonds shall be administered in the manner provided in title 11, chapter 2, article 5. All principal and interest on bonds issued by a county under this section are payable solely out of monies from the state aid to detention fund established by this section to that county and shall not be a general obligation of the county. E. Monies granted to a county by agreement with the supreme court under this section may be used to secure grant anticipation notes that a county board of supervisors shall be authorized to issue in the manner provided by title 35, chapter 3, article 3.2. F. For the purposes of this section, "public agencies" has the same meaning as prescribed in section 11-951. 41-2418. Arizona deoxyribonucleic acid identification system A. The Arizona deoxyribonucleic acid identification system is established in the department of public safety for the purposes of conducting deoxyribonucleic acid testing and analysis pursuant to section 13-610. B. The scientific criminal analysis section established in section 41-1771 shall establish procedures for the implementation of section 13-610, subsection H. 41-2420. County jail juvenile improvement fund A. The county jail juvenile improvement fund is established for the purpose of funding the construction of new juvenile beds in county jail facilities in which juveniles will be detained. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. B. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to the lapsing of appropriations. 41-2421. Enhanced collections; allocation of monies; criminal justice entities A. Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in subsection J of this section, five per cent of any monies collected by the supreme court and the court of appeals for the payment of filing fees, including clerk fees, diversion fees, fines, penalties, surcharges, sanctions and forfeitures, shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, and allocated pursuant to the formula in subsection B of this section. This subsection does not apply to monies collected by the courts pursuant to section 16-954, subsection A, or for child support, restitution or exonerated bonds. B. The monies deposited pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be allocated according to the following formula: 1. 21.61 per cent to the state aid to county attorneys fund established by section 11-539. 2. 20.53 per cent to the state aid to indigent defense fund established by section 11-588. 3. 57.37 per cent to the state aid to the courts fund established by section 12-102.02. 4. 0.49 per cent to the department of law for the processing of criminal cases. C. Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in subsection J of this section, five per cent of any monies collected by the superior court, including the clerk of the court and the justice courts in each county for the payment of filing fees, including clerk fees, diversion fees, adult and juvenile probation fees, juvenile monetary assessments, fines, penalties, surcharges, sanctions and forfeitures, shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for allocation pursuant to subsections E, F, G and H of this section. This subsection does not apply to monies collected by the courts pursuant to section 16-954, subsection A or for child support, restitution or exonerated bonds. D. The supreme court shall adopt guidelines regarding the collection of revenues pursuant to subsections A and C of this section. E. The county treasurer shall allocate the monies deposited pursuant to subsection C of this section according to the following formula: 1. 21.61 per cent for the purposes specified in section 11-539. 2. 20.53 per cent for the purposes specified in section 11-588. 3. 57.37 per cent to the local courts assistance fund established by section 12-102.03. 4. 0.49 per cent to the state treasurer for transmittal to the department of law for the processing of criminal cases. F. The board of supervisors in each county shall separately account for all monies received pursuant to subsections C and E of this section and expenditures of these monies may be made only after the requirements of subsections G and H of this section have been met. G. By December 1 of each year each county board of supervisors shall certify if the total revenues received by the justice courts and the superior court, including the clerk of the superior court, exceed the amount received in fiscal year 1997-1998. If the board so certifies, then the board shall distribute the lesser of either: 1. The total amount deposited pursuant to subsection C of this section. 2. The amount collected and deposited pursuant to subsection C of this section that exceeds the base year collections of fiscal year 1997-1998. These monies shall be distributed according to the formula specified in subsection E of this section. Any monies remaining after this allocation shall be transmitted as otherwise provided by law. H. If a county board of supervisors determines that the total revenues transmitted by the superior court, including the clerk of the superior court and the justice courts in the county, do not equal the base year collections transmitted in fiscal year 1997-1998 the monies specified in subsection C of this section shall be transmitted by the county treasurer as otherwise provided by law. I. For the purposes of this section, base year collections shall be those collections specified in subsection C of this section. J. Monies collected pursuant to section 12-116.01, subsection B shall be allocated as follows: 1. 15.44 per cent to the state aid to county attorneys fund established by section 11-539. 2. 14.66 per cent to the state aid to indigent defense fund established by section 11-588. 3. 40.97 per cent to the state aid to the courts fund established by section 12-102.02. 4. 0.35 per cent to the department of law for the processing of criminal cases. 5. 14.29 per cent to the Arizona criminal justice commission for distribution to state, county and municipal law enforcement full service forensic crime laboratories pursuant to rules adopted by the Arizona criminal justice commission. 6. 14.29 per cent to the supreme court for allocation to the municipal courts pursuant to subsection K of this section. K. The supreme court shall administer and allocate the monies received pursuant to subsection J, paragraph 6 of this section to the municipal courts based on the total amount of surcharges transmitted pursuant to section 12-116.01 by that jurisdiction's city treasurer to the state treasurer for the prior fiscal year divided by the total amount of surcharges transmitted to the state treasurer pursuant to section 12-116.01 by all city treasurers statewide for the prior fiscal year. The municipal court shall use the monies received to improve, maintain and enhance the ability to collect and manage monies assessed or received by the courts, to improve court automation and to improve case processing or the administration of justice. The municipal court shall submit a plan to the supreme court and the supreme court shall approve the plan before the municipal court begins to spend these allocated monies.