094-90 Ordinance
RECORD OF ORDINANCES
Dayton Legal Blank Co, Form No, 30043
Ordinance No. 94-90 Passed un19n .
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AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE
POLICE CHIEF TO ACCEPT SEIZED
AND FORFEITED CASH, VEHICLES
AND PROPERTY RELINQUISHED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2933.43
OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, AND
TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
WHEREAS, Section 2933.43, Revised Code, provides for state and local law
enforcement agencies that actively and directly participate in contraband
property seizures and forfeitures of property to receive all or part of
the property forfeited; and,
WHEREAS, prior to the acceptance of cash, vehicles, or property, the
legislative authority of the City must authorize that the head of the
law enforcement agency having custody of the forfeited property has the
discretion of selling the property, destroying the property or retaining
the property for law enforcement use; and,
WHEREAS, all cash or cash proceeds must be deposited into a law enforce-
ment trust fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Dublin,
State of Ohio, ~of the elected members concurring that:
Section 1. The Police Chief be and is hereby authorized and directed to
accept cash, vehicles, and other property in accordance with Section
2933.43, Revised Code.
Section 2. There be established the Law Enforcement Trust Fund, a Special
Revenue fund, in which the Police Chief shall deposit all cash received.
Section 3. The fund be used only to pay the costs of prolonged or complex
investigations or prosecutions, to provide reasonable technical training
or expertise, to provide matching funds to obtain federal grants to
aid law enforcement, or for such other law enforcement purposes that
the Council determines to be appropriate.
Section 4. The Police Chief has the authority to determine whether
vehicles and property will be sold, destroyed or retained for use by the
Division of Police.
Section 5. All vehicles and property retained by the Division of Police
be included as part of the Division's fixed assets and used solely for
law enforcement purposes.
Section 6. Cash proceeds from the sale of vehicles and property shall be
deposited in the Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from the
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