Section 11495 Of Chapter 8. Seizure And Disposition From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 8.
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. (a) The funds received by the law enforcement agencies under
Section 11489 shall be deposited into an account maintained by the
Controller, county auditor, or city treasurer. These funds shall be
distributed to the law enforcement agencies at their request. The
Controller, auditor, or treasurer shall maintain a record of these
disbursements which records shall be open to public inspection,
subject to the privileges contained in Sections 1040, 1041, and 1042
of the Evidence Code.
(b) Upon request of the governing body of the jurisdiction in
which the distributions are made, the Controller, auditor, or
treasurer shall conduct an audit of these funds and their use. In the
case of the state, the governing body shall be the Legislature.
(c) Each year, the Attorney General shall publish a report which
sets forth the following information for the state, each county, each
city, and each city and county:
(1) The number of forfeiture actions initiated.
(2) The number of cases and the administrative number or court
docket number of each case for which forfeiture was ordered or
declared.
(3) The value of the assets forfeited.
(4) The recipients of the forfeited assets, the amounts received,
and the date of the disbursement.
(d) The Attorney General shall develop administrative guidelines
for the collection and publication of the information required in
subdivision (c).
(e) The Attorney General's report shall cover the calendar year
and shall be made no later than March 1 of each year beginning with
the year after the enactment of this law.