Laserfiche WebLink
RESOLUTION NO. 2009 - 086 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, <br />ESTABLISHING REGISTRATION FEES FOR CONVICTED <br />FELONS, CAREER OFFENDERS, SEXUAL OFFENDERS <br />AND SEXUAL PREDATORS. <br />WHEREAS, state and federal law requires require convicted felons, career <br />offenders, sexual offenders and sexual predators to register their residency with the <br />sheriff of the county in which they reside; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2008 the County had 824 individuals required to register their <br />residency with the Indian River County Sheriff; and <br />WHEREAS, the County does not receive any state or federal funding to operate <br />the registration program; and <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff currently has one investigator/detective whose primary <br />responsibility is to monitor offenders and predators, investigate suspected law violations <br />regarding offenders/predators, insure community notification and provide assistance to <br />other investigators or agencies regarding offenders and predators; and <br />WHEREAS, the Sheriff also employs a staff assistant that spends approximately <br />90% of his/her time assisting the investigator/detective in monitoring and registering the <br />individuals; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners enacted Indian River County <br />Code section 306.07 requiring convicted felons, career offenders, sexual offenders and <br />sexual predators to pay registration fees and the ordinance requires the fees to be set <br />by resolution of the Board; and <br />WHEREAS, in order to offset the resources expended in registering and <br />monitoring these individuals, a reasonable fee shall be charged pursuant to ordinance, <br />NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that: <br />1. The above recitals are affirmed in their entirety. <br />2. Any individual who is required to register, re -register or report changes of <br />either a temporary or permanent address, or modify statutorily required <br />information to the Sheriff, as a Convicted Felon, Career Offender, Sexual <br />Offender or Sexual Predator shall pay the following fees to the Indian <br />River County Sheriff's Office for such services: <br />Initial Registration — the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00). <br />Re -registration — the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). <br />1 <br />