§ 111.205. Special Alcoholic Rehabilitation Trust Fund.

(a)

There is created a trust fund to be known as the Special Alcoholic Rehabilitation Trust Fund. There shall be deposited in this fund, pursuant to the schedule herein below, all moneys received by the City as fines imposed for alcohol-related offenses under F.S. §§ 316.193, 856.011, 860.03 and 860.13, up to the maximum as presently allowed by law, except any monies already allocated to the 1937 Police and Firemen's Pension Fund. These monies shall be used only for support of Duval County-based alcoholic rehabilitation programs and shall not lapse with the fiscal year. The Director of Finance and Administration, after appropriation by the Council, is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this account upon the written requisition of Gateway Community Services, Inc., on a quarterly basis as the monies have been received and the percentage, as provided hereinbelow, available for allocation has been calculated. This appropriation shall be considered a miscellaneous appropriation, supplemental to any other miscellaneous appropriation made by the Council during any fiscal year to Gateway Community Services, Inc., and shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 118. Requisitioned amounts shall be determined and disbursed directly to Gateway Community Services, Inc.

(b)

The monies deposited in the trust fund shall carry over fiscal years; provided, that any monies deposited in the trust fund in any fiscal year which exceed the amount appropriated by the Council for the fiscal year shall be allocated as follows:

(1)

Fifty percent of the excess amount shall be returned to the General Fund-General Services District for subsequent allocation as determined by the Council.

(2)

Fifty percent of the excess amount shall be placed in a separate reserve account within the trust fund to be used only for the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, expansion, improvement or development of facilities for alcoholic rehabilitation approved by the Council.

(c)

The method of calculation of the amount of alcohol-related fines to be deposited into this trust fund and the method of disbursement of such funds shall be as follows:

(1)

Calculate the amount of fines levied for the alcohol-related offenses specified in subsection (a) of this Section for the appropriate reporting period, less and except that portion of such fine amount already allocated to the pension fund for the City's police officers and firefighters as provided by law.

(2)

Transfer from the General Fund of the City an amount equal to 86 percent of the amount calculated in subsection (c)(1) of this Section to this trust fund.

(3)

Disbursement of the amount transferred into this trust fund as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this Section shall be made monthly to the entity, and for the specific purpose, set forth in subsection (a) of this Section, to the extent appropriated by the Council.

(4)

Upon actual receipt by the City of the funds collected from the fines imposed for the offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this Section, such funds shall be deposited in the City's General Fund.

If the funds generated for expenditure for the purposes of this Section are insufficient in any fiscal year, it would be the intent, but by no means an obligation of the Council, to consider other sources to fund alcoholic rehabilitation activities within the City.

(Ord. 81-866-395, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 85-251-66, § 1; Ord. 88-499-240, § 1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 18; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16)

Editor's note— Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization.

Note— Former § 128.217 and 110.317.