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FROM: ROBERT KOCIILY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY Costa
DATE: April 22, 2008 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$472,443 for the Period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009
SITCII IC RI:QL:I{ST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)-,BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFIC.A-1 ION
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RECOINIMENDED ACTION: i._.
Adopt a resolution to 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.S472,443 for the
period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 (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
fi-aLid, Supplantation is prohibited. Expenditures and revenue for grant positions are included in the District
Attorney's 2008/09 budget.
REASONS I,OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND 13ACKGIZOUND:
The State Legislature has determined that one of the significant factors driving up the cost of automobile insurance
IS h'aUd. While h'aud 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
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ACTION OF 130: ZL) \ UTl„iy�a APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
W.YFF,OF SUPERVISORS: I I IEREBY C ERIIFY THATTHIS IS Al RUE AND('ORRI-C'•I'
COPY OF AN AC`IiON TAKEN AND ENTi3RED ON
UNANIMOUS(ABSF..NI' ) MINUTES OF •1.1-11: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE
AYE& NOES: DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
Contact: Judy Lvtle 957.2214
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SUPERVISORS
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County Administrator-Attn:•Lim I?Well
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Resolution on .4/(y>f yb_v the following vote:
AYES:
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ABSENT: t(p 14a",
ABSTAIN: RESOLUTION NO. 2008/
SUBJECT: 1"Unding for the Automobile Insurance I'ralld ProsecLltion
Program
RESOLUTION OFTHE GOVERNING BOARD
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, desires to undertake a
certain project designated as the Automobile Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program
to be funded in part from funds made aval]able under the.a.Lltl101-lty of California
Insurance Code Section 1872.8, California Code of Regulations, Title 10, 2698.60
and administered by the California Department of Insurance .
NOW, `MEREFORI+C I3E 11' RESOLVED that the District Attorney of the
County of Contra Costa District Attorney's Office Spccial.Operations Division is
authorized, on its behalf to submit the attached proposal to the California
Department of Insurance and is authorized to execute, on behalf.'of Board of
Supervisors, the Grant Award Agreement, including any extensions or amendments
thereof.
13E IFI' FURTHER RESOLVED that the giant funds received hereunder- shall not
be used to supplant expenditures previously authorized or controlled by this body.
I hereby certify that this is a trite.and correct copy of an
action taken and entered on the Minutes of(he Board of'
Supervisors on the date shown.
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Contact: July Lytle (957-2234) JOHN CULLEN of-Supervisors and
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