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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE N0. D- go-& %
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND
AS AUTHORIZED WITHIN SECTION 943.44 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES
WHEREIN MONIES OBTAINED THROUGH THE SALE OF CONTRABAND MAY BE
USED FOR SPECIFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES; SETTING FORTH
PURPOSES FOR WHICH MONIES MAY BE EXPENDED; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
OF INVALID PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1:' FINDING OF FACT
Section 943.44 of the Florida Statutes authorizes the sale of
contraband as defined within the Florida Statutes confiscated by a municipal
police force wherein title has been perfected by the Circuit Court. This
Statute requires proceeds to be deposited in a Special Law Enforcement Trust
Fund and be used for Law Enforcement purposes only. This ordinance is intended
to provide the implementing authority for the above mentioned statute within the
City of Tamarac. This ordinance does not affect the right of the City to keep
the contraband article after title has been perfected as authorized in
applicable State Statutes if it so elects.
SECTION 2:
There is hereby created a Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund as
authorized within Section 943.44 of the Florida Statutes as the same may be
amended from time to time. Monies to be deposited into said fund shall be those
monies obtained through the sale of contraband or cash obtained within the
definition of contraband when ownership has been perfected in the name of the
City of Tamarac
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Monies in the Special Law Enforcement Trust Fund may be expended
only for Law Enforcement purposes and those purposes shall include, without
limitation, the costs of protracted or complex investigations, the provision of
additional technical equipment or expertise, the provision of matching funds to
obtain federal grants, or for other Law Enforcement purposes which the City
Council may deem appropriate. This fund shall not be considered a source of
revenue to meet normal operating needs and neither the City of Tamarac nor any
of its departments or agencies shall anticipate future forfeitures of proceeds
therefrom in the adoption and approval of the budget for the Tamarac Police
35 Department.
36 SECTION 4:
Specific authority is hereby granted to codify this ordinance.
SECTION 5:
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 6:
Should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion
hereof or any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remainder hereof as a whole or any part hereof" other than the part declared to
be invalid.
SECTION 7:
This ordinance shallbecome effective upon its final passage.
PASSED FIRST READING this_,V , day of ,1980
PASSED SECOND READING thisogday of ��..� ,1 80.
MAY -OR
ATTEST:
Ass t City Cler
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have
approved the form and correctness
of this ORDINANCE
CITY ATTORNEY
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
MAYOR.
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