Last fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) administered funding to the Gila County Sheriff's Office for the overtime of the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program. The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), pursuant to the authority of 21 U.S.C. 873, proposes to provide certain necessary funds and the Gila County Sheriff's Office is desirous of securing funds.

The DEA will pay to the Gila County Sheriff's Office federal funds in the amount of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) for the period of January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013, to defray costs relating to the eradication and suppression of cannabis.

The Gila County Sheriff's Office agrees to use funds provided primarily for payment of deputies'/officers' overtime no ERE while those deputies and officers are directly engaged in the cannabis eradication process, and for per diem and other direct costs related to the actual conduct of cannabis eradication. These federal funds are not intended primarily for the purchase of equipment or supplies. All purchases of the equipment and supplies must have prior written approval from HQ/OMS by October 15th.

The DEA agrees to reimburse the Gila County Sheriff's Office for officers' overtime accrued while participating in marijuana eradication efforts. The annual maximum overtime reimbursement rate is based on the current year General Pay Scale/rest of the United States and cannot exceed 25% of a GS-12, Step 1; the funds shall only be used to pay the normal overtime rate, i.e. time and a half. The overtime reimbursement rate "shall not include any cost for benefits, such as retirement, FICA, or other expenses."