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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br /> This INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between the HAYS <br /> COUNTY Narcotics Task Force (hereinafter "Law Enforcement Agency"), a Law <br /> Enforcement Agency comprised of the Hays County Sheriffs Office and San Marcos <br /> Police Department and headquartered in Hays County, Texas, that conducts operations <br /> in Comal County, and the office of the CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY for Comal <br /> County (hereinafter"Prosecuting Attorney"). <br /> Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as <br /> enacted by the 71st Legislature, First Called Session, 1989, and subsequent <br /> amendments thereto, regulating the disposition of property seized by law enforcement <br /> officers and forfeited contraband. Law Enforcement Agency and the Prosecuting <br /> Attorney desire to enter into a INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT regarding the disposition of <br /> said forfeited contraband and/or the proceeds therefrom. <br /> This INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the respective parties <br /> hereto and is predicated upon the mutual consideration of the equitable sharing of the <br /> value of the contraband and the contraband itself, seized pursuant to the appropriate <br /> state statutes. Accordingly, inasmuch as said statutes require that a INTERLOCAL <br /> AGREEMENT exist between the Prosecuting Attorney and any Law Enforcement <br /> Agency in order to share property and/or the proceeds of property seized by the Law <br /> Enforcement Agency, it is the intention of Law Enforcement Agency and the <br /> Prosecuting Attorney to hereby enter into a INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT regarding the <br /> disposition of property seized by said Law Enforcement Agency. <br /> In consideration for the services of the Prosecuting Attorney rendered to and on behalf <br /> of Law Enforcement Agency in pursuit of the forfeiture of seized contraband, Law <br /> Enforcement Agency agrees that upon the forfeiture of seized currency ("Forfeited <br /> Currency) or upon the forfeiture and/or sale of other seized property, real or personal, <br /> the following proceed sharing formulas shall apply: <br /> 1. Pre-Trial Disposition of Personal Property: Twenty-five percent (25%) of any <br /> Forfeited Currency or proceeds from sold Personal Property shall be retained by <br /> the Prosecuting Attorney to be used for any purpose permitted by law. The <br /> Prosecuting Attorney agrees that the Law Enforcement Agency shall retain the <br /> remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of any Forfeited Currency or proceeds of <br /> sold Personal Property to be distributed equally to the Hays County Sheriffs <br /> Office and the San Marcos Police Department to be used for official law <br /> enforcement purposes as permitted by law This formula applies to default <br /> judgments, summary judgments, settlements or any other pre-trial dispositions. <br /> 2. Trial Disposition of Personal Property: Thirty percent (30%) of any Forfeited <br /> Currency or proceeds of sold Personal Property shall be retained by the <br /> Prosecuting Attorney to be used for any purpose permitted by law. The <br /> Prosecuting Attorney agrees that Law Enforcement Agency shall retain the <br /> remaining seventy percent (70%) of any Forfeited Currency or proceeds of sold <br /> Personal Property to be distributed equally to the Hays County Sheriffs Office <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />