41-2415

41-2415. Crime laboratory assessment fund;
definition

A. The crime laboratory assessment fund is established. The crime laboratory
assessment fund shall consist of monies collected pursuant to section 12-116.01 and
distributed pursuant to section 41-2401, subsection D, paragraph 12. The department of
public safety shall administer the fund.

B. Monies in the fund are subject to appropriation by the legislature for the
following purposes:

1. Providing enhanced crime laboratory services.

2. Purchasing and maintaining scientific equipment for crime laboratory use.

3. Educating and training forensic scientists regularly employed in a crime
laboratory.

C. The department of public safety on a quarterly basis shall allocate and
distribute the monies in the fund to political subdivisions that operate crime
laboratories. The department shall distribute the monies according to the following
schedule:

1. Twenty-two per cent to the Phoenix police department.

2. Twelve per cent to the Tucson police department.

3. Seven per cent to the Mesa police department.

4. Four per cent to the Scottsdale police department.

5. Fifty-five per cent to the department of public safety.

D. The schedule for the distribution of monies pursuant to subsection C of this
section may be adjusted annually, if appropriate, based on the crime laboratory services
provided and the percentage of the state population served by each crime laboratory. The
crime laboratory directors of the political subdivisions providing crime laboratory
services in this state shall agree on the formula and allocation. The minimum allocation
for a political subdivision that provides crime laboratory services is four per cent.

E. For purposes of this section, "crime laboratory" means a laboratory which is
operated by a political subdivision, which has at least one regularly employed forensic
scientist who holds a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a physical or natural science and
which is registered as an analytical laboratory with the drug enforcement administration
of the United States department of justice for the possession of all scheduled controlled
substances.