(a) Each year the Department shall reserve up to one half of one percent (0.5%) of total SATTF funds for a long-term evaluation as specified in Section 11999.10 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) Subject to annual approval by the State Department of Finance, each year the Department may reserve, up to five percent (5.0%) of total SATTF funds pursuant to Section 11999.6 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) The Department shall deduct any amounts withheld pursuant to (a) and (b) of this regulation as well as its costs for administration of the SACPA program, from the funds available in the state trust fund to determine the amount of State SATTF funds available to counties.

(d) For Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-05 and following fiscal years, SATTF funds available for SACPA allocations shall be distributed to counties as shown below:

(e) After the adjustments made in (c) above, approximately fifty percent (50%) of the remaining SATTF funds shall be distributed to counties based on county population.

(f) Approximately forty percent (40%) of the remaining SATTF funds shall be distributed to counties based on SACPA treatment caseload data.

For example: If SACPA treatment caseload for a given county is 330 and its population is 791,600 the result of 330 divided by 791,600 would be .0004182. Multiplying .0004182 by 1,000 would produce a SACPA treatment caseload rate of .42.

(g) Approximately ten percent (10%) of the remaining SATTF funds shall be distributed to counties based on the most current county drug arrest data for the most recent calendar year, obtained from the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Criminal Data. The Department shall calculate each county's drug arrest rate by dividing total county drug arrests by the county's population and multiplying the resulting quotient by 1,000.

For example: If the number of drug arrests for a given county is 9,212 and its population is 791,600, the result of 9,212 divided by 791,600 would be .0116371. Multiplying .0116371 by 1,000 would produce a drug arrest rate of 11.64.

(h) For FY 2004-05 and following years, the Department shall adjust SACPA treatment caseload and drug arrests, using a standard score based on a standard deviation and a weighted average score, to standardize SACPA treatment caseload data and drug arrest data between counties so that county SACPA allocations more equitably meet county SACPA needs. The standard deviation, a measure of the variability around the mean, shall be used to determine the degree to which a county's drug arrest data or SACPA treatment caseload data actually deviate from the statewide mean, which (for this regulation) means total SACPA treatment caseload (or drug arrests) for all counties, divided by the number of counties. In the calculations, numbers are rounded to two decimal places, and dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest whole dollar.

For example: The weighted average score of .94 for the sample county would be multiplied by $2,863,016 (the portion of the allocation for FY 2003-2004 that was based on county drug treatment caseload data and county drug arrest data), resulting in a product of $2,691,235.

(i) The portion of the SACPA allocation, based on SACPA client treatment caseload and drug arrests [as adjusted in (h) of this regulation], shall be added to the portion of the SACPA allocation based on population [as identified in (d) of this regulation] to determine the amount of the county's initial allocation. If the sum of the initial allocations for all counties is less than the total available SATTF funds for the year, due to the adjustments made in (e) through (h), any remaining funds shall be distributed to counties as a supplemental allocation. The amount of each county's supplemental allocation shall be determined based on a ratio of each county's initial allocation to total county initial allocations.

For example: If the statewide total initial allocation is $115,887,122) and the total SATTF funds statewide are $117,022,956, subtracting the statewide total initial allocation from total SATTF funds statewide results in $1,998,054 available to distribute to counties as a supplemental allocation. Dividing the sample county's initial allocation of $3,970,638 by the total initial allocation for all counties of $115,887,122, would result in a quotient of .03270974391. Multiplying .03270974391 by $1,998,054 would result in a supplemental allocation for the sample county of $38,917.

(j) Each county's initial allocation, based on population, SACPA treatment caseload data, and drug arrest data, shall be added to the supplemental allocation to determine each county's total annual SACPA allocation.

For example, the sum of the sample county's allocation based on population of $3,970,638, added to the sample county's supplemental allocation of $38,917, would result in a total SACPA allocation for the sample county of $4,009,555.

(k) If any county fails to submit plans and reports required pursuant to this Chapter that were due on or before January 31 of the current fiscal year, the Department shall withhold in the state trust fund twenty-five percent (25%) of the SATTF funds available for distribution to that county for the next fiscal year. The Department shall distribute those funds to the county after it receives the outstanding plans and reports.

(l) Except as specified in (k) of this regulation, the Department shall distribute funds to counties annually via warrant (check) issued by the State Controller. The funds shall be released upon approval of the county plan submitted in accordance with Section 9515, but no earlier than July 1 of each year.