KRS 196.732: Community corrections funds -- Deposit of state funds saved via pilot

projects -- Purposes of appropriated funds.

(1) Beginning in the fiscal year after a pilot project has been implemented pursuant to

KRS 196.731, fifty percent (50%) of any state exp enditures that are avoided as

calculated in KRS 196.731 shall be deposited by the department in the community

corrections fund, which shall be a separate, interest-bearing account within the State

Treasury. The remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be deposi ted in the general fund.

Amounts deposited in the community corrections fund, including interest, are

hereby appropriated to the commission for the following purposes:

(a) Fifty percent (50%) to the community corrections program responsible for

those savings; and

(b) Fifty percent (50%) to the Division of Probation and Parole.

(2) Notwithstanding KRS 45.229, any moneys remaining in the community corrections

fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse but shall carry forward into the

next fiscal year to be used for the purposes outlined in this subsection.

(3) None of the calculated savings shall be appropriated to the commission for

distribution if:

(a) In a pilot project developed pursuant to KRS 196.731(1)(a), there is an

increase in the percentag e of targeted offenders on probation who are

convicted of a new felony offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment; or

(b) In a pilot project developed pursuant to KRS 196.731(1)(b), there is an

increase in the percentage of supervised individuals who are convicted of a

new felony offense.

(4) The moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall be used to supplement, not

supplant, any other state or county appropriations for probation, parole or other

post-prison supervision services, or community corrections programs.

(5) Moneys received through appropriations pursuant to this section and KRS 196.731

shall be used for the following purposes:

(a) Implementing evidence-based practices;

(b) Creating, increasing, or improving the availability of risk red uction and

treatment programs and interventions, including substance abuse treatment

programs, for supervised individuals;

(c) Paying the costs of global positioning monitoring system for offenders of at

least medium risk; and

(d) Increasing the number of probation and parole staff, including equipment and

office space the officers and staff may need.