Section 34-20B-64 - Drug control fund created--Administration by attorney general--Expenditures--Excess funds. - South Dakota Statutes

34-20B-64. Drug control fund created--Administration by attorney general--Expenditures--Excess funds. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special revolving fund to be known as the "drug control fund," which shall be administered by the attorney general. The attorney general may authorize expenditure of moneys in the fund for purchase of controlled drugs and substances, as defined in this chapter, by authorized agents of the attorney general from unregistered dispensers and distributors. All disbursements from the fund shall be made on warrants drawn by the state auditor on vouchers approved by the attorney general. Any moneys in the fund in excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be available for distribution by the attorney general. Upon application by any local law enforcement agency, any drug law enforcement task force or the division of highway patrol, the attorney general may authorize release of any such available moneys in the fund for the purpose of assisting local law enforcement agencies in drug control and drug offender apprehension efforts.

Source: SL 1976, ch 5, §§ 1 to 3; SDCL Supp, § 39-17-123.1; SL 1990, ch 271.