A. The law enforcement crime victim notification fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. Notwithstanding any other law, the Arizona criminal justice commission shall use fund monies to expand the commission’s automated crime victim notification system and to fund software that does the following:

1. Complies with all of the following:

(a) Article II, section 2.1, Constitution of Arizona.

(b) Title 8, chapter 3, article 7.

(c) Title 13, chapter 40.

2. Enables the Arizona criminal justice commission to deploy an automated crime victim notification system to a user base consisting of law enforcement agencies. The automated crime victim notification system must do the following:

(a) Automatically, and without the requirement to download a software application or to opt in to notifications, notify the victim by email or text of all of the following regarding a victim’s law enforcement crime report, investigation and case, if approved by the law enforcement agency:

(i) The date on which the report is filed.

(ii) The case number.

(iii) The name of the detective who is assigned to the case.

(iv) When arrests are made.

(v) When warrants are issued.

(vi) When the case is sent to the prosecuting agency.

(vii) Initial appearance.

(b) Interface with the law enforcement agency’s system of record.

(c) Provide configurable triggers to send messages to crime victims.

(d) Provide the ability to attach informational brochures or other electronic attachments to the messages.

(e) Provide the ability for victims to find their case status on the vendors’ websites with links that are available on the law enforcement agency’s website.

(f) Be configurable to the requirements of each law enforcement agency in this state.

(g) Include the law enforcement agency’s branding, email address and web domain for all communications.

(h) Provide the ability to send messages in multiple languages.

(i) Provide a short code or a long code telephone number with a local area code.

(j) Monitor the number of messages sent and the types of messages sent and visualize the data.

3. Provides a criminal justice information service compliant automated victim notification platform that ensures the following:

(a) Crime victims are automatically notified by text, automated telephone call or email following any updates to their case.

(b) Law enforcement agencies determine the notifications.

(c) Crime victims are able to proactively locate their case status online.

(d) No additional staffing is required.

4. Provides for multiagency notification to enable an agency to automatically share the status of an incident or investigation with an identified partner agency based on configurable criteria.

5. Allows victims to leverage conversational artificial intelligence for bidirectional real-time communication with law enforcement agencies through voice, text messages and emails. The system shall provide a virtual agent that responds to and asks questions based on the victim’s questions and responses.

6. Provides a mechanism to track whether there is a data outage at a law enforcement agency and informs the law enforcement agency and the Arizona criminal justice commission of the data outage. During an outage period, the software system shall have a backup process for law enforcement agencies to ensure that notifications are made in a timely and accurate manner.

7. Complies with the technical guidelines and standards for the operation of a statewide automated crime victim information and notification system recommended by the United States department of justice’s bureau of justice assistance.

8. Provides a designated statewide toll-free number that is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, that is operated by trained operators available in multiple languages and that allows victims, surviving immediate family members, witnesses and other concerned citizens to search for and obtain information about an offender, inmate or case and to register for notifications.

B. The vendors chosen by the Arizona criminal justice commission to be part of the partnership must have previously deployed a solution for a city police department, sheriff’s office and prosecutor’s office. The previously deployed solutions could have been deployed in Arizona or in another state, or a combination of both.

C. The Arizona criminal justice commission shall use the monies in the fund to pay for law enforcement agencies that choose to use the automated crime victim notification system.

D. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency" includes a state, city, town, county, tribal, university or prosecutorial agency.