Sec. 5. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a county fiscal body shall annually appropriate from the fund amounts allocated by the county legislative body for the use of persons, organizations, agencies, and political subdivisions to carry out recommended actions contained in a comprehensive drug free communities plan submitted by the local coordinating council and approved by the criminal justice institute as follows:

(1) For persons, organizations, agencies, and political subdivisions to provide prevention and education services, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the money in the fund.

(2) For persons, organizations, agencies, and political subdivisions to provide intervention and treatment services, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the money in the fund.

(3) For persons, organizations, agencies, and political subdivisions to provide criminal justice services and activities, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the money in the fund.

(4) A county fiscal body shall allocate the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the money in the fund to persons, organizations, agencies, and political subdivisions to provide services and activities under subdivisions (1) through (3) based on the comprehensive drug free communities plan submitted by the local coordinating council and approved by the criminal justice institute.

(b) In the comprehensive drug free communities plan, the local coordinating council shall determine the amount of funds the county fiscal body shall appropriate to implement the objectives approved in the comprehensive drug free communities plan.

(c) If the comprehensive drug free communities plan is not approved by the criminal justice institute, the county fiscal body may not appropriate any funds at the request of the local coordinating council or any other local entity.

(d) If funds are allocated by a county legislative body under subsection (a) and the criminal justice institute has not approved the comprehensive drug free communities plan for the county, the criminal justice institute may:

(1) approve and appoint a new local coordinating council for the county;

(2) freeze funds allocated by the county legislative body; or

(3) reevaluate the comprehensive drug free communities plan.

As added by P.L.12-1990, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.50-1993, SEC.4; P.L.62-1995, SEC.2; P.L.44-2006, SEC.8; P.L.26-2007, SEC.1; P.L.7-2016, SEC.6.