HB 2080 - DIGEST

Provides that the remaining net revenues, if any, in the shared game lottery account after the transfers shall be distributed to cities and counties for the support of public safety functions, in the following manner: Forty percent shall be deposited into the municipal criminal justice assistance account under RCW 82.14.320; forty percent shall be deposited into the county criminal justice assistance account under RCW 82.14.310; and twenty percent shall be allocated to counties for the exclusive support of the operation of drug courts.

Directs the department of community, trade, and economic development to establish an equitable method for distribution of funding to counties for drug courts under this act, giving priority to counties that had effective drug court programs in operation before January 1, 2003.