Sec. 54-36i. Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys.
Sec. 54-36i. Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys.
(a) There is established and created an account of the General Fund to be known as
the "drug assets forfeiture revolving account" for the purpose of providing funds for
substance abuse treatment and education programs and for use in the detection, investigation, apprehension and prosecution of persons for the violation of the laws pertaining
to the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of controlled substances.
(b) The account shall consist of the proceeds from the sale of property and moneys
received and deposited pursuant to section 54-36h.
(c) Moneys in such account shall be distributed as follows: (1) Seventy per cent shall
be allocated to the Department of Public Safety and local police departments pursuant to
subsection (d) of this section, fifteen per cent of which shall be used for purposes of drug
education and eighty-five per cent of which shall be used for the detection, investigation,
apprehension and prosecution of persons for the violation of laws pertaining to the
illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of controlled substances and for the
purposes of police training on gang-related violence as required by section 7-294l, (2)
twenty per cent shall be allocated to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services for substance abuse treatment and education programs, and (3) ten per cent
shall be allocated to the Division of Criminal Justice for use in the prosecution of persons
for the violation of laws pertaining to the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution or possession of controlled substances.
(d) Expenditures from the account allocated to the Department of Public Safety and
local police departments shall be authorized by a panel composed of: (1) The Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee, (2) the commander of the state-wide narcotics
task force or his designee and (3) the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association or his designee. The panel shall adopt procedures for the orderly authorization of
expenditures, subject to the approval of the Comptroller. Such expenditures may be
authorized only to the Department of Public Safety and to organized local police departments within this state. Such expenditures shall be held by the Department of Public
Safety and the various organized local police departments in accounts or funds established for that purpose. In no event shall the expenditures be placed in a state or town
general fund and in no event shall the expenditures be used for purposes other than those
provided in subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section. The panel shall ensure the
equitable allocation of expenditures to the Department of Public Safety or any local
police department which participated directly in any of the acts which led to the seizure
or forfeiture of the property so as to reflect generally the contribution of said department
or such local police department in such acts. The panel shall authorize expenditures
from the account for the reimbursement of any organized local police department which
has used its own funds in the detection, investigation, apprehension and prosecution of
persons for the violation of laws pertaining to the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution
or possession of controlled substances and which makes application to the panel for
reimbursement.
(e) Moneys remaining in the drug assets forfeiture revolving account at the end of
a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain in the revolving account
to be used for the purposes set forth in this section.
(P.A. 89-269, S. 2; P.A. 90-230, S. 95, 101; P.A. 91-406, S. 20, 29; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-416, S. 9, 10; P.A. 94-95, S. 15; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 162, 166.)
History: P.A. 90-230 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (d); P.A. 91-406 confirmed the numbering of this
section as Sec. 54-36i, thereby correcting a typographical error; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse
commission with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-416 amended Subsec.
(c)(1) to include police training on gang-related violence as another purpose for which fund moneys shall be used, effective
June 29, 1993; P.A. 94-95 changed name of fund from "drug assets forfeiture revolving fund" to "drug assets forfeiture
revolving account"; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with
Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-180 amended
Subsec. (d)(3) to substitute "Connecticut Police Chiefs Association" for "Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association".