appropriation.
There is created a fund to be known as the highway patrol assets forfeiture fund. The fund
consists of funds obtained from moneys, assets, and proceeds seized and forfeited pursuant to
section 19-03.1-36, amounts received through court proceedings as restitution, and amounts
remaining from the forfeiture of property after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale
authorized by law. The total amount of deposits into the fund may not exceed three hundred
thousand dollars within a biennium and any moneys in excess of that amount must be deposited
in the general fund. The funds are appropriated as a continuing appropriation to the highway
patrol for the following purposes:
1.For paying expenses necessary to inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, or sell
property seize
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appropriation.
There is created a fund to be known as the highway patrol assets forfeiture fund. The fund
consists of funds obtained from moneys, assets, and proceeds seized and forfeited pursuant to
section 19-03.1-36, amounts received through court proceedings as restitution, and amounts
remaining from the forfeiture of property after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale
authorized by law. The total amount of deposits into the fund may not exceed three hundred
thousand dollars within a biennium and any moneys in excess of that amount must be deposited
in the general fund. The funds are appropriated as a continuing appropriation to the highway
patrol for the following purposes:
1. For paying expenses necessary to inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, or sell
property seized, detained, or forfeited, pursuant to section 19-03.1-36, or of any other
necessary expenses incident to the seizure, detention, or forfeiture of the property.
2. For paying overtime compensation incurred as a result of investigations or violations of
any state criminal law or law relating to the control of drug abuse.
3. For purchasing equipment related to criminal interdiction.
4. For paying matching funds required as a condition for receipt of funds from a federal
government program awarding monetary grants or assistance for the investigation or
apprehension of persons violating the provisions of chapter 19-03.1.
The superintendent of the highway patrol, with the concurrence of the director of the office of
management and budget, shall establish the necessary accounting procedures for the use of
the fund and shall personally approve, in writing, all requests for the use of the fund.