TO: | Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3246 by Homer (Relating to the distribution of proceeds from the sale of certain forfeited property in a criminal case.), As Introduced |
The bill would establish the requirements for how proceeds from the sale of certain forfeited property in a criminal case must be distributed if a local agreement exists between an attorney representing the state and a multijurisdictional drug task force. The attorney would be required to deduct from the proceeds appropriate court costs and reasonable current and projected costs related to confinement or legal representation of the defendant whose property was forfeited and to forward those amounts to the applicable political subdivisions prior to transferring any of the proceeds to the task force.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2005.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, DLBa
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