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3 MINNESOTA ST A TUTES 2015 609.5315 (3) the remaining 40 percent of the proceeds must be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety and are appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services organizations that provide services to victims of trafficking offenses. (b)By February 15 of each year, the commissioner of public safety shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees or divisions having jurisdiction over criminal justice funding on the money collected under paragraph (a), clause (3). The repo1i must indicate the following relating to the preceding calendar year: ( l) the amount of money appropriated to the commissioner; (2)how the money was distributed by the commissioner; and (3)what the organizations that received the money did with it. Subd. Sc. Disposition of money; prostitution. Money forfeited under section 609.5312, subdivision I, paragraph (b), must be distributed as follows: (I)40 percent must be forwarded to the_ appmp1:iate agency for deposit as a supplement to the agency's 012erating fund or similar fund for use in law enforcement; (2)20 percent must be forwarded to the prosecuting authority that handled the forfeiture for deposit as a supplement to its operating fund or similar fund for prosecutorial purposes; and (3)the remaining 40 percent must be forwarded to the commissioner of public safety to be deposited in the safe harbor for youth account in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner for distribution to crime victims services organizations that provide services to sexually exploited youth, as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 31. Subd. 6. Reporting requirement. (a) For each forfeiture occurring in the state regardless of the authority for it, the appropriate agency and the prosecuting authority shall provide a written record of the forfeiture incident to the state auditor. The record shall include the amount forfeited, the statutory authority for the forfeiture, its date, a brief description of the circumstances involved, and whether the forfeiture was contested. For controlled substance and driving while impaired forfeitures, the record shall indicate whether the forfeiture was initiated as an administrative or a judicial forfeiture. The record shall also list the number of firearms forfeited and the make, model, and serial number of each fireann forfeited. The record shall indicate how the property was or is to be disposed of. (b)An appropriate agency or the prosecuting authority shall report to the state auditor all instances in which property seized for forfeiture is returned to its owner either because forfeiture is not pursued or for any other reason. (c)Reports shall be made on a monthly basis in a manner prescribed by the state auditor. The state auditor shall report annually to the legislature on the nature and extent of forfeitures. (d)For forfeitures resulting from the activities of multijurisdictional law enforcement entities, the entity on its own behalf shall report the information required in this subdivision. (e) The prosecuting authority is not required to report information required by this subdivision unless the prosecuting authority has been notified by the state auditor that the appropriate agency has not reported it. Copyright© 2015 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Mirrnesota. All Rights Reserved. Item 8: Attachment C