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JAN 25 1994 wx 55 ,�cE 909 CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS - RENEWAL PROCEDURE CHANGE RE RECORD SEARCHES The Board reviewed the following memo dated 1/16/84: TO:DATE: FILE: Members of the January 16, 1984 Board of County Commissioners SUBJECT: Concealed weapons Permits -- Renewal Procedure for Record Searches FROM: Gary M. Brandenburg REFERENCES: County Attorney A recent inquiry from a concealed weapons permit renewal applicant has raised a question with respect to the necessity for having renewal applicants submit a fresh set of fingerprints to the County along with each successive renewal application. The County's Uniform Pistol Licensing Ordinance provides that permits are renewable upon presentation to the Board of, among other things, "an updated record check by the Sheriff of Indian River County." The present interpretation of this provision has been that the ordinance requires submission of a fresh fingerprint card at the time of renewal in order to facilitate a criminal history search through both FDLE and the FBI, similar to the search conducted for all new applicants. The Sheriff has indicated that his office can provide what they feel is an adequate updated records check through local sources, without the necessity for submitting fresh prints. It is requested that the Board specifically express its desires in this matter so as to enable staff to'make a proper interpretation of the present ordinance. If the Board is satisfied with an update through local sources only, then staff will dispense with the requirement of new fingerprints upon renewal. It should be noted that $17.00 of each renewal application goes toward the processing of fingerprint cards for current renewals. If fingerprint cards are no longer to be used, then the Board may wish to reconsider this portion of the renewal application fee. This is the same fee which was recently increased by the Board to offset an FDLE fee increase. Attorney Brandenburg reported that Sheriff Dobeck has said that he would have no problem in dispensing with the required fingerprint check for renewal applicants if the Board did not object. The County Attorney felt that the question today is one of County policy and how comfortable the Board would feel with requiring only a local check instead of an FBI and FDLE check and considering this in relation to the burden placed on the individual requesting the renewal permit.