1.The attorney general assets forfeiture fund consists of funds appropriated by the
legislative assembly and additional funds obtained from moneys, assets, and proceeds
seized and forfeited pursuant to section 19-03.1-36, amounts received through court
proceedings as restitution, amounts remaining from the forfeiture of property after the
payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law, and amounts received
from a multijurisdictional drug task force as defined in section 54-12-26. The amount of
deposits into the fund which do not come from legislative appropriation or from a
multijurisdictional drug task force and are not payable to another governmental entity
may not exceed two hundred thousand dollars within a biennium and any moneys in
excess of that amount must be deposi
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1. The attorney general assets forfeiture fund consists of funds appropriated by the
legislative assembly and additional funds obtained from moneys, assets, and proceeds
seized and forfeited pursuant to section 19-03.1-36, amounts received through court
proceedings as restitution, amounts remaining from the forfeiture of property after the
payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law, and amounts received
from a multijurisdictional drug task force as defined in section 54-12-26. The amount of
deposits into the fund which do not come from legislative appropriation or from a
multijurisdictional drug task force and are not payable to another governmental entity
may not exceed two 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 standing and continuing appropriation, to the attorney general for
the following purposes:
a. For obtaining evidence for enforcement of any state criminal law or law relating to
the control of drug abuse.
b. For repayment of rewards to qualified local programs approved under section
12.1-32-02.2, if the information that was reported to the qualified local program
substantially contributed to forfeiture of the asset, and for paying, at the discretion
of the attorney general, rewards for other information or assistance leading to a
forfeiture under section 19-03.1-36.
c. For paying, at the discretion of the attorney general, any expenses necessary to
seize, detain, 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 such property.
d. For equipping, for law enforcement functions, forfeited vessels, vehicles, and
aircraft retained as provided by law for official use by the state board of pharmacy
or a law enforcement agency.
e. For paying, at the discretion of the attorney general, overtime compensation to
agents of the bureau of criminal investigation incurred as a result of investigations
of violations of any state criminal law or law relating to the control of drug abuse.
f. For paying matching funds required to be paid as a condition for receipt of funds
from a federal government program awarding monetary grants or assistance for
the investigation, apprehension, or prosecution of persons violating the provisions
of chapter 19-03.1.
2. The attorney general shall, with the concurrence of the director of the office of
management and budget, establish the necessary accounting procedures for the use
of the fund, and shall personally approve, in writing, all requests from the director of
the bureau of criminal investigation or the director of the drug enforcement unit for the
use of the fund.
3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the amount of deposits into the fund related to human
trafficking are appropriated, as a standing and continuing appropriation, to the attorney
general for awarding grants to organizations providing prevention and treatment
services for human trafficking victims.