4.28.130 Criminal Justice Purposes Tax – Allocation and Use.
A. At least 20 percent of Pierce County’s tax revenues received as a result of the authority granted in RCW 82.14.340, pursuant to PCC 4.28.110, shall be expended on prevention and related preventative children’s services. The remaining tax revenue received by Pierce County (up to 80 percent) shall be expended on traditional criminal justice services and purposes. The Prevention Services funds shall be appropriated as follows:
1. Fifty-two percent shall be allocated by recommendation of the Pierce County Human Services Allocation Advisory Committee and approval of the County Council.
2. Thirteen percent shall be provided to the Pierce County Human Services Department for administrative costs; and
3. Twenty-five percent of the funds shall be allocated by direct appropriation to the Family Support Partnership program of the Tacoma/Pierce County Health Department; and
4. Ten percent of the funds shall be allocated by direct appropriation of the County Council during its annual budget process.
B. All Criminal Justice Purposes Tax revenue remaining after the allocation of funds pursuant to subsection A of this section shall be expended on traditional criminal justice services and purposes.
C. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department shall provide an annual fiscal and performance report on the Family Support Partnership program to the County Council Public Safety, Human Services, and Budget Committee in July of each year, and regular fiscal reporting to the County Executive.
D. The tax revenue received by Pierce County as a result of RCW 82.14.340 shall not be expended until the funding recommendations as required by Ordinance No. 93-98 have been approved by the Pierce County Council.