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Navajo County
Bradley Carlyon Respectfully,
KC Clark
Pima County
Barbara LaWall
Mark Napier
Pinal County
Kent Volkmer Brian McIntyre Adam Shepherd
Mark Lamb
President - ACASA Vice-President ACASA
Santa Cruz County Cochise County Attorney Gila County Sheriff
George Silva
Tony Estrada
Yavapai County
Shelia Polk
Scott Mascher
Yuma County
Jon Smith
Leon Wilmot
AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES JENNIFER MARSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
From: Kathleen Mayer [mailto:Kathleen.Mayer@pcao.pima.gov]
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 4:08 PM
To: Maria Syms <msyms@azleg.gov>; David Stringer <DStringer@azleg.gov>; Daniel Hernandez
<DHernandez@azleg.gov>; Sally Ann Gonzales <SGonzales@azleg.gov>; Mark Finchem
<MFinchem@azleg.gov>; Kirsten Engel <kengel@azleg.gov>; Paul Boyer <PBoyer@azleg.gov>; Anthony
Kern <AKern@azleg.gov>
Subject: HB 2477 - Forfeiture
Dear Representatives:
I would like to express my support for many of the provisions of this bill. It is important
that there is accountability in the manner in which assets are seized from criminals and
the enterprises they operate and how those funds are used. It is equally important that
there be transparency in the records of those seizures and expenditures.
There are some provisions which are confusing and some which cause prosecutors
great concern. Requiring county attorneys to get approval for each expenditure
from Boards of Supervisors is problematic as it injects needless politics into this
process. Sometimes there are conflicts between a CA and a BOS. What if a BOS
denies a perfectly legal request? Prosecutors look forward to working with the sponsor
to further discuss and resolve this problem, perhaps by requiring the Auditor General to
conduct audits every 2 or 3 years.
1. reporting requirements which may be unduly burdensome for small agencies with
limited resources
2. confusion regarding when local law enforcement can work with the federal
government, as many of us participate in interagency task forces which include the
federal government.
3. removing immunity from lawsuits against prosecutors acting in the course of our
duties, which prosecutors have in every other area of our work.
I hope that going forward we can agree upon a final bill which accomplishes the goals of
greater accountability, transparency, fairness to innocent parties while still making it
possible to keep ill-gotten gains from criminals.