A. The drug and gang enforcement fund is established and consists of monies appropriated by the legislature and any other monies available from other sources, public or private. Monies in the fund shall be used to enhance efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in section 13-105. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund.

B. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall distribute monies from the drug and gang enforcement fund in the following manner:

1. Up to fifty percent to fund law enforcement agencies approved by the commission to enhance both:

(a) The investigation of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity.

(b) Drug and gang education and prevention programs.

2. Up to fifty percent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission to enhance the state, county, city or town prosecution of drug and gang offenses and related criminal activity.

3. Up to thirty percent to fund programs and agencies approved by the commission for the purpose of enhancing the ability of the courts to process drug and gang offenses and related criminal cases, either through the appointment of judges pro tempore or the establishment of additional divisions of the courts only for the purposes of this section, enhancing defense and probation services, including treatment, and funding the drug testing program.

4. Up to thirty percent to fund programs by county sheriffs and the state department of corrections, as approved by the commission, to enhance drug offender treatment programs and the jail operations and facilities available to detain and incarcerate drug offenders and members of criminal street gangs as defined in section 13-105.

5. Up to thirty percent to fund programs and agencies, as approved by the commission, to enhance the integration of criminal justice records relating to drug and gang offenders and their related criminal activity.

C. Any state agency that receives monies allocated from the drug and gang enforcement fund shall not include the monies as part of the state agency’s continuation budget base for the purpose of requesting appropriations for the following fiscal year.

D. All the monies allocated from the drug and gang enforcement fund shall be dedicated solely to the purpose of enhancing efforts to deter, investigate, prosecute, adjudicate and punish drug and gang and related criminal offenders, except those monies allocated pursuant to subsection G of this section.

E. Notwithstanding the limitations prescribed in subsection B of this section, any federal monies or matching state monies in the drug and gang enforcement fund may only be allocated by the commission pursuant to a plan approved by the federal government.

F. The auditor general shall annually perform a full and complete audit of the drug and gang enforcement fund or the commission shall annually contract with an accounting firm to perform the audit and deliver a report to the governor and the legislature. The audit shall be charged to the drug and gang enforcement fund.

G. The resource center fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to Section 12-284.03, subsection A, paragraph 1 and section 41-178 and all monies received from public or private gifts, grants or other sources, excluding federal monies and monies to be passed through to other entities, to be used solely for funding the Arizona youth survey and Arizona statistical analysis center. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. Any monies unexpended or unencumbered on June 30 of each year shall not be subsequently expended or encumbered unless reappropriated. Monies in the drug and gang enforcement fund shall not be used to fund the Arizona youth survey.