85R3459 AJZ-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 662       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the reporting of proceeds and property from asset   forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 59.06(g)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:                (1)  All law enforcement agencies and attorneys   representing the state who receive proceeds or property under this   chapter shall account for the seizure, forfeiture, receipt, and   specific expenditure of all the proceeds and property in an audit,   which is to be performed annually by the commissioners court or   governing body of a municipality, as appropriate. The annual   period of the audit for a law enforcement agency is the fiscal year   of the appropriate county or municipality and the annual period for   an attorney representing the state is the state fiscal year. The   audit must be completed on a form provided by the attorney general   and must include a detailed report and explanation of all   expenditures, including salaries and overtime pay, officer   training, investigative equipment and supplies, and other items.   The audit must also include a detailed report that itemizes all   seizures of proceeds or property under this chapter and that   indicates the specific criminal offense on which each seizure was   based and, if charges were brought in connection with the offense,   the disposition of those charges. Certified copies of the audit   shall be delivered by the law enforcement agency or attorney   representing the state to the attorney general not later than the   60th day after the date on which the annual period that is the   subject of the audit ends.          SECTION 2.  Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:          (g-1)  Not later than February 1 of each year, the attorney   general shall publish a report summarizing the results of the   audits received during the preceding calendar year.  The attorney   general shall make the report available to the public on the   attorney general's Internet website.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act in amending   Article 59.06(g)(1), Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to any audit   performed under that subdivision on or after the effective date of   this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.