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.
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