39-17-439 - Alcohol and drug addiction treatment fee.
39-17-439. Alcohol and drug addiction treatment fee.
(a) In addition to all other fines, fees, costs and punishments now prescribed by law, an alcohol and drug addiction treatment fee of one hundred dollars ($100) shall be assessed for each conviction for a violation under this part.
(b) All proceeds collected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transmitted to the commissioner of mental health and developmental disabilities for deposit in the alcohol and drug addiction treatment fund administered by the department.
(c) (1) All state funding to implement § 40-35-303(d)(11) shall be paid only from the alcohol and drug addiction treatment fund.
(2) Funds expended pursuant to § 40-35-303(d)(11) shall not exceed the funds generated by the provisions of this section, and, if necessary, treatment offered pursuant to § 40-35-303(d)(11) shall not be available if the treatment would result in expenditures in excess of the amount so generated.
[Acts 2007, ch. 311, § 2; 2009, ch. 186, § 4.]