04/14/1993 01:00 PM House JUD

  Number 496                                                                   
                                                                               
  MR. BROWN indicated his belief that a law enforcement                        
  officer would only seize property if she or he believed that                 
  there was probable cause to seize that property.  But, he                    
  said, a law enforcement officer would not know, at the time                  
  of seizure, that a property-owner was innocent of any                        
  wrongdoing.  He said that innocent property-owners would                     
  suffer under HB 188, as the cost of litigation would often                   
  outweigh the cost of the assets seized.  He commented on                     
  Representative James' HB 222, Use of Rented Property/Law                     
  Violations.