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File #: 25-7813    Version: 1 Name: Amendment No. 3 to 2024-25 Police State Seizure Budget
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/15/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/2/2025 Final action: 9/2/2025
Title: Approve Amendment No. 3 to the 2024-25 Police State Seizure Budget in accordance with Title 28, Section 524, of the United States Code and Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure in the amount of $85,000.00.
Attachments: 1. State Seizure Amendment No. 3

Title

Approve Amendment No. 3 to the 2024-25 Police State Seizure Budget in accordance with Title 28, Section 524, of the United States Code and Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure in the amount of $85,000.00.

 

Body

Pursuant to Title 28, Section 524, of the United States Code and Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures, the City of Mesquite has adopted a budget to account for funds awarded as a result of court forfeitures and contraband.  Expenditures from these proceeds may only be used for law enforcement purposes in accordance with federal and state regulations. The fiscal year 2023-24 Confiscated State Seizure Fund Budget is amended to include expenditures of the following items:

 

Legal Services and Court Costs:  $85,000.00

 

Recommended/Desired Action

Staff recommends approval of Amendment No. 3 to the 2024-25 Police State Seizure Budget.

 

Attachment(s)

State Seizure Amendment No. 3

 

Drafter

Sylvia Encinia

 

Head of Department

David Gill