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RESOLUTION NO. 94- 131
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMIISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, REQUESTING THE FLORIDA DEPART-
MENT OF CORRECTIONS AND THE FLORIDA
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PAROLE COMrIISSION TO REQUIRE LOCAL
REGISTRATION OF SEXUAL PREDATORS PURSUANT
TO THE FLORIDA SEXUAL PREDATORS ACT FOR
ALL EARLY RELEASES REGARDLESS OF THE DATE
OF THE OFFENSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE
IMPRISONED
WHEREAS, repeat sex offenders and sex offenders who use
physical violence are sexual predators who must be confined for a
significant period of time and subjected to procedures designed
to better protect the public safety; and
WHEREAS, because of the high recidivism rate and low
rehabilitation rate of sexual predators, they require very severe
sentences and should not be released from incarceration except
under controlled circumstances; and
WHEREAS, it is now known that sexual predators are, more
than any other type of dangerous offender, highly resistant to
change, and need incarceration, supervision and monitoring if the
public is to be protected; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida has adopted the Florida Sexual
Predators Act requiring sexual predators who are released early
from Florida prisons, to register with the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement; and
WHEREAS, this registration requirement is currently limited
to offenses committed on or after October 1, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Parole Commission and the Florida
Department of Corrections have the authority to require
registration of sexual predators as a condition of early release
even for offenses committed prior to October 1, 1993:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Indian River County that the Florida Parole
Commission and the Florida Department of Corrections are
requested not to consider for early release, any sexual predator,
but that they serve their full term in prison.
The Board further resolves that, if a sexual predator
becomes eligible for parole, the Florida Parole Commission and
the Florida Department of Corrections require all such sexual
predators (as defined in Chapter 93-277 of the Florida Statutes,)
to register with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a
condition of early release and that such registrations be
forwarded to each Chief of Police and Sheriff where such
registrant resides within 24 hours.
This resolution was moved for adoption by Commissioner
Macht , seconded by Commissioner Eggert , and was adopted
by the following vote:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND CORRECTNESS;
Charles P. Vitunac
County Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 94-131
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W. Tippin Aye
rman Kenneth R. Macht Aye
er Fran B. Adams Aye
r Carolyn K. Eggert Aye
er Richard N. Bird Aye
adopted and becomes effective on the
BOARD OF COUWt1,;C6MiSSIONSRS
INDIAN RIVER.:CbUNTY.-,FLORIDA
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