CHAPTER 2. ADDICTION SERVICES FUND
IC 12-23-2
Chapter 2. Addiction Services Fund
IC 12-23-2-1
Fund defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the addiction
services fund established by section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.
IC 12-23-2-2
Establishment of fund
Sec. 2. The addiction services fund is established for the deposit
of excise taxes on alcoholic beverages as described in IC 7.1-4-11
and taxes on riverboat admissions under IC 4-33-12-6.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.54-1995, SEC.5.
IC 12-23-2-3
Reversion of funds
Sec. 3. The money in the fund does not revert to any other fund at
the close of a state fiscal year but remains in the fund unless the
money is appropriated by the general assembly under section 5 of
this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.
IC 12-23-2-4
Investment of fund money
Sec. 4. The treasurer of state may invest the money in the fund in
the manner provided by law for investing money in the state general
fund.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17.
IC 12-23-2-5
Appropriations by general assembly of fund money; purposes
Sec. 5. The general assembly shall appropriate money from the
addiction services fund solely for the purpose of funding programs:
(1) that provide prevention services and intervention and
treatment services for individuals who are psychologically or
physiologically dependent upon alcohol or other drugs; and
(2) that are for the prevention and treatment of gambling
problems.
Programs funded by the addiction services fund must include the
creation and maintenance of a toll free telephone line under
IC 4-33-12-6(g)(3) to provide the public with information about
programs that provide help with gambling, alcohol, and drug
addiction problems.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.54-1995, SEC.6;
P.L.1-2009, SEC.107.
IC 12-23-2-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.40-1994, SEC.83.)
IC 12-23-2-7
Administrative costs associated with use of money from fund;
limitation; reimbursing Indiana gaming commission
Sec. 7. (a) For each state fiscal year, the division may not spend
more than an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount
received by the division from the fund established under section 2 of
this chapter for the administrative costs associated with the use of
money received from the fund.
(b) The division shall allocate at least twenty-five percent (25%)
of the funds derived from the riverboat admissions tax under
IC 4-33-12-6 to the prevention and treatment of compulsive
gambling.
(c) The division shall reimburse the Indiana gaming commission
for the costs incurred in administering a voluntary exclusion program
established under the rules of the Indiana gaming commission. The
division shall pay the reimbursement from funds derived from the
riverboat admissions tax under IC 4-33-12-6.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.39;
P.L.54-1995, SEC.7; P.L.143-2003, SEC.4.
IC 12-23-2-8
Allocation of funds for local programs
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), for each state
fiscal year, the division shall distribute an amount equal to at least
thirty-three percent (33%) of the total amount received by the
division from the addiction services fund established by section 2 of
this chapter during the immediately preceding fiscal year to local
programs that provide prevention services and intervention and
treatment services for individuals who are:
(1) psychologically or physiologically dependent upon alcohol
or other drugs; or
(2) psychologically dependent on gambling.
(b) The amount described in subsection (a) may not be distributed
to a county home, a local mental health program established under
IC 12-29, or a state institution.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.40;
P.L.54-1995, SEC.8.