COBI 2015 - State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program

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FY 2016 Appropriation

The intent of the State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program (SAFG) is to fund crime prevention and law enforcement activities within specific guidelines. Agencies seizing private property as a result of illegal activities direct these liquidated and forfeited assets to the Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account (CFRA). Once funds are placed in CFRA, the Legislature may choose to appropriate the funds to CCJJ to be allocated to agencies providing drug enforcement, drug courts and crime victim reparations services.

CCJJ has developed a grant program that requires recipient agencies to report back to CCJJ on how the funds were used. CCJJ compiles the data and reports it annually to the Legislature.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $2,425,600 from all sources for State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program. This is a 3.7 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Asset Forfeiture Amendments$0$36,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$36,000GFR - Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account

Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue. Enactment of this legislation could cost the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice $36,000 one-time in FY16 from the Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account, for computer programming on the Utah Criminal Justice Information System. Costs associated with new reporting requirements for state law enforcement agencies and the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice could likely be absorbed in the normal course of duties.

Police Use-of-Force Training/Simulator$0$300,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$300,000GFR - Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account

No Description

The following three performance measures are workload measures used to administer the State Asset Forfeiture Grant (SAFG) account. They are used to demonstrate project activity resulting from this fund, which is appropriated by the Utah Legislature from seized assets to support law enforcement, drug courts, and crime victims throughout the state.

Number of Grants Awarded from the SAFG Program

This figure indicates the number of grants awarded by fiscal year from the State Asset Forfeiture Grant (SAFG) program. This measure is a positive indication that CCJJ is fulfilling the statutory requirement of allocating these funds to eligible law enforcement agencies in a timely and consistent manner. The number of grants awarded is commensurate with the number of law enforcement agencies that contributed funding to the state Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account in each fiscal year.

Amount Awarded from the SAFG Program

This measure indicates the amount of funding awarded by CCJJ for each fiscal year from the State Asset Forfeiture Grant (SAFG) program to local law enforcement agencies, drug courts and crime victim reparations. This measure is a positive indication that CCJJ is fulfilling the statutory requirement of allocating SAFG funding as well as an indicator of the growth of program funding.

Statute

Statutory authority for this program is located in UCA 24-4-117, "State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program."

During the 2004 General Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 175, "Protection of Private Lawfully Obtained Property." The bill created the Crime Reduction Assistance Program (CRA).

During the 2013 General Session the Legislature passed House Bill 384, "Property Disposition Amendments," which renamed the program the State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 6

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice in Item 19, Chapter 14, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
GFR - Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Acc	820,000	750,000	1,999,500	2,088,100	2,089,100	0	2,089,100	336,500	2,425,600
Beginning Nonlapsing	127,100	13,900	50,100	761,800	0	750,900	750,900	(250,900)	500,000
Closing Nonlapsing	(13,900)	(50,100)	(761,800)	(750,900)	0	(500,000)	(500,000)	0	(500,000)
Total	$933,200	$713,800	$1,287,800	$2,099,000	$2,089,100	$250,900	$2,340,000	$85,600	$2,425,600

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	0	0	0	18,700	23,000	0	23,000	(2,900)	20,100
In-state Travel	0	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	0
Out-of-state Travel	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0
Current Expense	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	100
Other Charges/Pass Thru	933,200	713,800	1,287,800	2,080,000	2,066,100	250,900	2,317,000	88,400	2,405,400
Total	$933,200	$713,800	$1,287,800	$2,099,000	$2,089,100	$250,900	$2,340,000	$85,600	$2,425,600

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	0	0	0	0.20	0.20	0	0.20	0	0.20
Actual FTE	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	0	0

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.