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New prosecuting attorney reports hot-check fund balance, warns of funding gap for cell phone service
Summary
Brandon Carter, the newly sworn prosecuting attorney for the Fourth Judicial District, presented the statutorily required annual report on the hot-check fund and said declining hot-check revenues mean he may seek a budget line to cover communications costs next year.
Brandon Carter, sworn in as Washington County’s prosecuting attorney on Jan. 1, delivered the annual report on the office’s hot-check fund to the Quorum Court on Jan. 16 and warned that the fund’s revenue will likely no longer cover communications costs.
Carter explained that the hot-check process begins when a merchant brings a worthless check to the prosecutor’s office; the office sends a demand letter and may…
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