75E-2-302. Law enforcement agency grants.

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Effective 7/1/2026

(1)As used in this section, "agency" means:

(a)a state or local law enforcement agency; or

(b)a state or local government agency, or a nonprofit organization, that works to prevent illegal drug activity and enforce laws regarding illegal drug activity and related criminal activity through:

(i)programs, including education, prevention, treatment, and research programs; and

(ii)enforcement of laws regarding illegal drugs.

(2)The department shall implement law enforcement operations and programs related to reducing illegal drug activity as described in Subsection

(3).

(a)The first priority of the department is to annually allocate not more than $2,500,000, depending upon funding available from other sources, to directly fund the operational costs of agencies' drug or crime task forces, including multijurisdictional task forces.

(b)The second priority of the department is to allocate grants for specified agency functions and other agency functions as the department finds appropriate to more effectively reduce illegal drug activity and related criminal activity, including providing education, prevention, treatment, and research programs.

(a)In allocating grants and determining the amount of the grants to carry out the purposes of Subsection

(3), the department shall consider:

(i)the demonstrated ability of the agency to appropriately use the grant to implement the proposed functions and how this function or task force will add to the agency's efforts to reduce illegal drug activity and related criminal activity; and

(ii)the agency's cooperation with other agencies and task forces.

(b)An agency qualifies for a grant only if the agency demonstrates compliance with all reporting and policy requirements applicable under this title.

(5)A recipient agency may only use grant money after approval or appropriation by the agency's governing body, and a determination that the grant money is nonlapsing.

(6)A recipient agency may use funds granted under this section only for the purposes stated by the department in the grant.

(a)For each fiscal year, an agency that receives a grant from the department under this section shall prepare and file with the department and the state auditor a report in a form specified by the department.

(b)The report described in Subsection (7)(a) shall include the following regarding each grant:

(i)the agency's name;

(ii)the amount of the grant;

(iii)the date of the grant;

(iv)how the grant has been used; and

(v)a statement signed by both the agency's or political subdivision's executive officer or designee and by the agency's legal counsel, that all grant funds were used for law enforcement operations and programs:

(A)approved by the department; and

(B)that relate to reducing illegal drug activity and related criminal activity, as specified in the grant.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291 , 2026 General Session