Chapter 3.88
VICTIM’S RIGHTS COORDINATION FUND
Sections:
3.88.040 Unexpended moneys carried forward.
3.88.050 Management and administration.
3.88.010 Created.
There is hereby created and established a special purpose fund to be known as the victim’s rights coordination fund. (Ord. 05-668 § 1, 2005)
3.88.020 Source of revenue.
The sources of revenue to be deposited into the victim’s rights coordination fund are as follows:
A. Appropriations by council authorization;
B. Donations from the public or other organizations;
C. Interest;
D. Fines, fees, forfeitures, or penalties ordered by any court. (Ord. 05-668 § 1, 2005)
3.88.030 Purpose.
A. Funds expended from the victim’s rights coordination fund shall be used for the protection of victim’s rights in domestic violence cases as provided for by Chapter 10.99 RCW and for domestic violence advocacy, education, prevention, prosecution, and law enforcement services.
B. Moneys received from any domestic violence penalty assessment pursuant to RCW 10.99.080 shall be expended only for domestic violence advocacy and domestic violence prevention and prosecution programs or to contract with recognized community-based domestic violence program providers, and shall not be used for indigent criminal defense. (Ord. 05-668 § 1, 2005)
3.88.040 Unexpended moneys carried forward.
Any unexpended moneys remaining in the victim’s rights coordination fund at the end of a budget year shall not lapse, and shall be carried forward from year to year until expended for the purposes set forth in AMC 3.88.030 or as otherwise directed by resolution of the city council. (Ord. 05-668 § 1, 2005)
3.88.050 Management and administration.
The city council and the city victim’s rights coordinator shall have joint responsibility for management and administration of the victim’s rights coordination fund. Revenue and expenditure shall be in accordance with city policy, Chapters 35A.33 and 69.50 RCW, other applicable state law, and budget accounting and reporting (BARS) manual procedures. (Ord. 05-668 § 1, 2005)