Amendment ID: S2944-8-R1

Redraft Amendment 8

Transparency in All Forfeitures

Ms. Rausch and Ms. Edwards move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting before section 1 the following section:-

“SECTION A1. Section 24W of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(g) The attorney general, each district attorney and each police department shall file an annual report with the executive office for administration and finance, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary detailing all assets, money and proceeds from the sale of assets seized pursuant to this section. The report shall provide an itemized accounting for each seizure and forfeiture as required by section 47 of chapter 94C. The report shall be filed not later than January 31 for the preceding calendar year and shall be a public record.”; and

by adding the following section:-

“SECTION 4. Section 56 of chapter 265 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(k) The attorney general, each district attorney and each police department shall file an annual report with the executive office for administration and finance, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on the judiciary detailing all assets, money and proceeds from the sale of assets seized pursuant to this section. The report shall provide an itemized accounting for each seizure and forfeiture as required by section 47 of chapter 94C. The report shall be filed not later than January 31 for the preceding calendar year and shall be a public record.”.