# State guidance says the county's 0.2% correctional/rehab tax fund can't pay for non-facility staff

## What happened
A county staff member reported that the State Board of Accounts' general counsel confirmed the county's two-tenths-of-one-percent correctional and rehabilitation facility tax fund cannot pay for anything that isn't tied to a specific facility — including staff doing "dual diagnosis" mental health work — unless that work is based at an actual facility ([1:42:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6172)). The fund's use is set by a state statute that lets a county adopt an ordinance imposing that tax rate specifically for correctional and rehabilitation facilities ([1:43:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6230)).

## The outcome
The committee confirmed it would need to fund that staffing request through the county general fund instead, since the correctional/rehab fund doesn't qualify ([1:44:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6267)).

## Sources
- [State Board of Accounts guidance reported, 1:42:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6172)
- [Statute text on the tax read aloud, 1:43:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6230)
- [Committee confirms it can't use that fund, 1:44:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6267)

*Also known as: correctional rehabilitation LIT fund · 0.2% facility tax · local income tax for jails · dual diagnosis staff funding*