§ 97-OOO — Department of corrections and community supervision asset forfeiture account

§ 97-ooo. Department of corrections and community supervision asset\nforfeiture account. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody\nof the state comptroller and the department of corrections and community\nsupervision a special account within the miscellaneous special revenue\nfund to be known as the department of corrections and community\nsupervision asset forfeiture account. Such account shall consist,\nsubject to necessary federal approval, of moneys received by the\ndepartment of corrections and community supervision through the\nequitable sharing that is authorized in federal forfeiture actions.\n 2. The moneys of the account shall be available for purposes of\ndeveloping additional resources such as, but not limited to, obtaining\nequipment, establishing training programs, or accessing existing\ntechnology or databases.\n 3. The commissioner of the department of corrections and community\nsupervision shall report to the commissioner of the division of criminal\njustice services, the director of the budget, the chairman of the senate\nfinance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee by October first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and every six\nmonths thereafter, on the source and amounts of moneys in the account.\nSuch report shall describe the amount of moneys received by the federal\ngovernment and the department of corrections and community supervision\nfrom the joint activities of the department and federal law enforcement\nagencies, the law enforcement activities which led to such forfeiture\nand the value of the assets so seized.\n 4. The moneys of such account shall be made available on the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the\ncommissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision.\n