HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-028RESOLUTION NO. 76-28
WHEREAS, there is now pending before the regular 1976 session
of the Florida Legislature Senate Bill 83 providing for imprisonment
in the County Jail if the total accumulative sentences of the prisoner
do not exceed five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, there is now pending before said session of the Florida
Legislature Senate Bill No. 143 providing in part that the Boards
of County Commissioners are required to pay to the Florida Department
of Offender Rehabilitation for Work -Release Programs for prisoners
out of County Fine and Forfeiture Funds; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the enactment of said Bills, or either
of them, could create a substantial financial hardship upon the
County of Indian River and the taxpayers of Indian River County; and
WHEREAS, Section 922.051 of the Florida Statutes as it presently
exists authorizes the Court to impose a sentence of imprisonment
in the County Jail of the total of the accumulative sentences is
not more than one (1) year and the enactment of Senate Bill No. 83
will substantially increase the financial responsibility of the
several Counties in the operation and maintenance of County Jails;
and
WHEREAS, the Work -Release Programs for prisoners at the present
time are funded by the State of Florida and operated by the Florida
Department of Offender Rehabilitation and such a program is in
existence in Indian River County with permanent improvements and
other facilities for said program being constructed or obtained
through funds of the State of Florida, and said Senate Bill 143 could
require Indian River County to assume the cost of constructing,
obtaining or operating the facilities for the Work -Release Program
in Indian River County out of the Fine and Forefeiture Funds of
Indian River County to the financial detriment of Indian River
County; and
WHEREAS, it is expedient and to the best interests of Indian
River County and to the taxpayers of Indian River County to express
opposition to the enactment of said pending legislation.
NOW, THEREORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
® 'OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1. It is opposed to the enactment by the Legislature of the
n= State of Florida of Senate Bill No. 83 providing for imprisonment
in the County Jail if the total of the accumulative sentences of
the prisoner does not exceed five (5) years, and Senate Bill No. 143
requiring the Boards of County Commissioners to pay the Florida
Department of Offender Rehabilitation for Work -Release Programs for
prisoners out of the Fine and Forfeiture Funds of the Counties.
2. The Boards of County Commissioners of Florida and all other
interested parties are encouraged to take whatever appropriate
action they may deem necessary to express opposition to the
enactment of said Bills pending before the regular 1976 session of
the Florida Legislature.
3. The Clerk of this Board of County Commissioners be and
he is hereby authorized to send a copy hereof to each member of the
Indian River County Delegation to the Florida Legislature and a copy
hereof to each of the several Boards of County Commissioners in
Florida.
This Resolution shall become effective as of the 5th day
of May, 1976.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
INDIAN RIVER OU TY, FLORID .
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BY
Willard WJ Siebert, Jr., Ch&frnran
Ralph Harris, Clerk