House Bill 4725

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4725

        By the Committee on Education Appropriations and
    Representative Sublette





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to disposition of funds accrued

  3         under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act;

  4         amending s. 932.7055, F.S.; requiring school

  5         boards and state universities to retain funds

  6         accrued under the act and account for them

  7         separately from other funds; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraphs (g) and (h) of subsection (5) of

13  section 932.7055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

14         932.7055  Disposition of liens and forfeited

15  property.--

16         (5)  If the seizing agency is a state agency, all

17  remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the General Revenue

18  Fund.  However, if the seizing agency is:

19         (g)  A school board security agency employing law

20  enforcement officers, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the

21  provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be

22  retained by that school board and accounted for separately

23  from other funds deposited into the School Board Law

24  Enforcement Trust Fund.

25         (h)  One of the State University System police

26  departments acting within the jurisdiction of its employing

27  state university, the proceeds accrued pursuant to the

28  provisions of the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act shall be

29  retained by that state university and accounted for separately

30  from other funds deposited into that state university's

31  special law enforcement trust fund.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4725

    609-105-98






  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

  2  year in which enacted.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires school boards and state universities to retain
  7    funds accrued to them under the Florida Contraband
      Forfeiture Act and account for them separately from other
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