GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 824

Short Title:  Drug Money/Law Enforcement.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Plyler; and Conder.
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Referred to:  Judiciary II.
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April 24, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY MAY RETAIN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ANY MONEY AND PROPERTY CONFISCATED FROM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATIONS FOR LOCAL DRUG ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-112 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( g)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, twenty-five percent (25%) of monies and twenty-five percent (25%) of the value of property confiscated in the enforcement of the provisions of this Article may be retained by the county in which the money or property was seized.  These funds shall be deposited in a special county fund to be used for any of the following purposes: (i) to support Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), (ii) to fund undercover law enforcement activities relating to drug offenses, and (iii) to expand drug abatement activities in the sheriff's department including the training and salary expenses for drug investigators and the purchase and training of drug dogs."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.