Utah Code 77-11b-402. Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account

77-11b-402. Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account.

(1)	There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the “Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account.”

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Asset forfeiture: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Commission: means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
Proceeds: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
Program: means the State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program created in Section 77-11b-403. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
Property: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-11a-101. See Utah Code 77-11b-101
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)	Except as provided in Section 77-11b-401, the commission shall deposit any proceeds from property forfeited through a forfeiture proceeding under this chapter into the Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account.

(3)	The Legislature shall appropriate money in the Criminal Forfeiture Restricted Account to the commission for the purpose of implementing the State Asset Forfeiture Grant Program described in Section 77-11b-403.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 448, 2023 General Session