FEAR-List Bulletin posted by Roy Timpe, February 26, 1998
 

It shall be the responsibility of every county in this Commonwealth to provide, through the controller, board of auditors or other appropriate auditor, an annual audit of all forfeited property and proceeds obtained under this section. The audit shall not be made public but shall be submitted to the Office of Attorney General. The county shall report all forfeited property and proceeds obtained under this section and the disposition thereof to the Attorney General by September 30 of each year.

However, in Berks County 1998 will be the first year the forfeiture fund is audited by an independent auditer. Although the fund has been in existence for aproxmately 10 years, the county controller has only recently become aware of the requirement to audit this fund. It may be that some D.A.s in the Commonwealth are not seeking out independent audits of their funds. Please find your county listed below, and contact your county controller.

Summary of Pennsylvania forfeiture income for fiscal year 1995-96. (Total Available is this years income + last years ending balance).

                                    Total Income                     Total Available

Allegheny                      $595,752                             $942,817

Armstrong                     $4,111                                 $32,114

Beaver                          $101,224                             $241,354

Bedford                         $890                                   $3,957

Berks                             $309,670                             $408,986

Blair                               $21,241                               $62,653

Bradford                         $5,598                                 $8,263

Bucks                             $173,620                             $374,672

Butler                             $1,968                                 $13,681

Cambria                         $46,257                                 $86,012

Cameron                         $0                                         $0

Carbon                             $12,615                                 $57,506

Centre                             $6,159                                   $15,038

Chester                             $119,254                             $280,493

Clarion                             $1,105                                 $1,105

Clearfield                         $186                                     $2,956

Clinton                             $949                                     $23,413

Columbia                         $630                                     $13,197

Crawford                         $2,395                                 $13,018

Cumberland                     $21,415                                 $35,793

Dauphin                         $147,997                                 $257,271

Delaware                       $356,795                                 $568,295

Elk                                 $33,567                                   $38,320

Erie                                 $37,071                                  $39,520

Fayette                            $14,585                                 $16,853

Forest                               $0                                         $0

Franklin                             $11,421                                 $15,651

Fulton                                 $2,375                                 $4,600

Greene                                 $906                                  $5,383

Huntingdon                         $920                                     $2,549

Indiana                                 $0                                       $0

Jefferson                             $2,422                                  $4,484

Juniata                                 $2,660                                 $44,629

Lackawanna                         $136,188                             $403,841

Lancaster                             $897,652                             $1,204,242

Lawrence                             $18,936                                 $23,296

Lebanon                               $55,292                                 $75,251

Lehigh                                 $177,962                                 $313,198

Luzerne                                 $6,727                                    $76,879

Lycoming                              $20,885                                   $27,195

McKean                                $6,375                                     $8,994

Mercer                                   $5,952                                    $19,267

Mifflin                                     $9,374                                   $42,763

Monroe                                  $16,153                                   $19,910

Montgomery                           $261,172                                 $442,915

Montour                                 $1,369                                         $3,213

Northampton                         $40,972                                     $166,036

Northumberland                     $16,746                                      $29,596

Perry                                     $17,062                                     $22,183

Philadelphia                        $1,963,936                                 $1,963,936

Pike                                         $1,180                                      $1,423

Potter                                         $173                                      $2,110

Schuylkill                                $12,989                                    $70,093

Snyder                                        $998                                     $1,385

Somerset                                     $895                                     $1,548

Sullivan                                           $0                                           $0

Susquehanna                             $3,358                                     $4,640

Tioga                                            $358                                    $2,879

Union                                        $3,019                                   $23,019

Venango                                 $11,337                                    $34,475

Warren                                     $6,142                                    $12,381

Washington                              $11,446                                  $128,404

Wayne                                     $15,322                                  $113,379

Westmoreland                        $128,646                                   $403,418

Wyoming                                   $1,166                                      $2,174

York                                      $127,649                                   $287,025

County Total                         $6,033,633                               $9,566,097

A.G. Office                          $1,321,469                               $2,852,614

State Police                           $1,161,570                              $1,706,344

State Total                             $8,516,672                             $14,125,055
 

-Roy Timpe

Email: timpe@talon.net