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Meeting Date:	03/27/2017
Forfeiture Fund Budget
Submitted for:	Isidro Alaniz	Submitted By:	David Sanchez
Department:	District Attorney

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve a budget amendment by increasing revenues and expenditures in the amount of $40,000.00 for new revenues received from the U.S. Department of Justice from seized funds in accordance with Texas Local Government Code; Section 111.07075 (Special Budget for Revenue Received after Start of Fiscal Year). [Fund #2162 (Forfeiture)]

Line Item Description	Line Item Acct.	Amount	Justification
Administrative Travel	2162-2260-001-458000	$10,000.00	Travel & Training for ADA's, Investigators and support personnel
Equipment Rental	2162-2260-001-444500	$7,000.00	Payments related to Leased Equipment
Professional Services	2162-2260-001-432001	$18,000.00	Payments for professional services
Uniforms	2162-2260-001-456305	$5,000.00	To purchase tactical uniforms for District Attorney Investigators

Issue: New equitable shared funds have been received from the U.S Department of Justice. These funds have now been awarded to the District Attorney's Office to be spent in accordance with the equitable shared guidelines.

Solution: Appropriate new revenues and expenditures not currently budgeted for FY 2016-2017.

Result: Utilize new equitable shared funds for law enforcement purposes and in accordance with Equitable sharing guidelines.

Background:

Background:
The District Attorney's Office participates in the Equitable Shared Program run by the U.S Department of Justice. One electronic wire has been received by the District Attorney's Office and available to appropriate into their respective forfeiture fund(s). The DOJ Equitable Shared funds are mainly a result of collaboration between different law enforcement agencies and the Webb County DA by sharing Intel and conducting law enforcement operations in South Texas..

Previous Court Action:

N/A

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	169
Funding Source:	1100
Balance:	N/A
Financial Impact:
N/A

Attachments
Budget Amendment