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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: ROBERT KOCHLY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Costa
DATE: May 1, 2007 °� County
SUBJECT: Approval to Submit an Application and Execute a Grant Award Agreement with the State
Department of Insurance for Funding of Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program I
the Amount of$459,233 for the Period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the District Attorney to submit an application and execute a grant award agreement,and any
extensions or amendments thereof,pursuant to State guidelines,with the State Department of Insurance for funding
of the Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program in the amount of$459,233 for the period July 1, 2007
through June 30, 2008 (State Funded-Budgeted).
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The grant application will fund salaries and benefits for an attorney, an investigator, and one-half full-time-
equivalent(FTE) clerk assigned to the program. The Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution award is allocated
from a trust fund financed by an assessment per insured vehicle,payable by the insurer. Of the assessment amount,
approximately one-half is earmarked for distribution to District Attorneys for enhanced prosecution of automobile
fraud, Supplantation is prohibited. Expenditures and revenue for grant positions are included in the District
Attorney's 2007/08 budget
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND BACKGROUND:
The State Legislature has determined that one of the significant factors driving up the cost of automobile insurance
is fraud. While fraud is recognized as a growing problem across the country, California is an area of concerted
criminal activity in insurance fraud.
CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve the recommendation will result in the loss of State funds available to combat the problem of
insurance fraud in Contra Costa County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: SIGNATURE: /_7 1 1 AV4
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM D ION OF hOARD doMmiTTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BO D N M APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT
^ c ) COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT /( , MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE
AYES: NOES:
DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
Contact: Brain Hast,DDA(646-2522)
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JOHN CULLO,CLE OF THE BOARb OF
SUPERVISORS
cc: District Attorney—Attn:Judy Lytle
County Administrator—Attn:Lisa Driscoll
Auditor-Controller �
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