Resolution 470-2003
Commissioner Neugent
RESOLUTION NO. 470
-2003
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA URGING THE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT NEW LAWS
REGARDING CRIMINAL LIABILITY LAWS FOR FALSIFYING INDIVIDUAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND POLLUTION/HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
REPORTS.
WHEREAS, without an enforceable requirement for financial security bonds or other surety
sufficient to secure the safe closure of phosphate processing facilities and properly dispose of all
toxic, hazardous and other unsafe materials on site there is no efficient method to ensure that
safe closure for the long term;
WHEREAS, without such provisions the emergency situation that occurred at the Piney
Point facility will inevitably happen again; and
WHEREAS, to focus the executive mind there should be criminal liability laws sufficient to
hold corporate officials liable and criminally responsible for falsifying individually financial
statements and pollution/Hazardous Material reports; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA hereby strongly urges the Legislature to enact new laws to hold corporate
officials liable and criminally responsible for falsifying individually financial statements and
pollution/hazardous material reports.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 15th day of October, 2003.
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