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MAY 161989 <br />BOOK 76 Dir 871 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 89- 14 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 6 (COURTS) OF <br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO ADD ARTICLE III <br />ESTABLISHING THE DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND; <br />PROVIDING FOR AUTHORITY FOR ENACTMENT OF <br />ARTICLE; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; <br />PROVIDING FOR CREATION AND ACCOUNTING OF <br />DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND; PROVIDING FOR <br />EXPENDITURES; PROVIDING FOR <br />SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR FILING WITH <br />THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PROVIDING FOR <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE; ADOPTION; AND <br />CODIFICATION. <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of <br />Indian River County, Florida, has made the following <br />determinations: <br />1. Chapter 125, Florida Statutes, authorizes this <br />Board to promulgate drug treatment and education programs. <br />2. The Board of County Commissioners of Indian <br />River County, Florida, has deemed that it is desirable to <br />establish a system for the collection of funds to <br />financially assist such drug treatment and education <br />programs. <br />3. Section 893.13, Florida Statutes, authorizes <br />courts to impose assessments, in addition to fines and other <br />penalties authorized by law, against offenders who violate <br />criminal provisions relating to possession of and <br />trafficking in controlled substances. <br />4. Section 893.165, Florida Statutes, authorizes <br />the Board of County Commissioners to establish a drug abuse <br />trust fund for the deposit of court -imposed assessments. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of <br />County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida: <br />SECTION 1. <br />Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances of Indian <br />River County, Florida, is amended by adding Article III• <br />CODING: Words in $tttbek/fMt6001A type are deletions from <br />existing law; words underlined are additions. <br />1 <br />38 <br />