Sec 41-2832. County contributions for committed youth in secure care facilities; county payments; excluded costs

A. The department shall annually assess a committed youth confinement cost sharing fee to each county.

B. Each county shall pay the monies owed within thirty days after a request by the department. If a county does not make the payment, the director shall notify the state treasurer of the amount owed and the state treasurer shall withhold the amount, including any additional interest as provided in section 42-1123, from any transaction privilege tax revenues that would otherwise be distributed to the county. The state treasurer shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the withholdings in the department of juvenile corrections local cost sharing fund established by section 41-2833. The department shall deposit the monies received from a county in the department of juvenile corrections local cost sharing fund established by section 41-2833.

C. County contributions made pursuant to this section are excluded from the county expenditure limitations.

D. Notwithstanding any other law, a county may meet the cost sharing requirements of this section from any source of county revenue designated by the county, including monies of any countywide special taxing jurisdiction in which the board of supervisors serves as the board of directors.