Ensor v. Director of Revenue

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Forfeitures — proceeds of property seized by law enforcement authorities1— must be distributed to schools under the Missouri Constitution, article IX, section 7. The issue in this case is whether forfeiture proceeds can be assigned by statute to a statewide school building fund or whether the Constitution only permits a distribution of such proceeds to school districts in counties where the forfeitures occur.

In 1998, the General Assembly amended section 166.1312 to aggregate forfeiture *783proceeds from around the state into a “school building revolving fund” for…