S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Section 16B.11 of S.L. 2017-57 clarifies that alcohol law enforcement (ALE) officers are separate and discrete from other sworn law enforcement officer of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and that no funds appropriated for the Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) Branch shall be transferred within the SBI for another purpose except by act of the General Assembly. This section also provides that any funds or property distributed to the ALE Branch as a result of federal forfeiture proceedings shall only be expended for purposes related to the ALE Branch.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.