Resolution 099-1979
RESOLUTION NO. 99- 1979
RESOLUTION VOICING OPPOSITION
TO HOUSE BILL 820 AND SENATE
BILL 931.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Monroe County Legislative Delegation to the
Florida Legislature be and they are each hereby urged to oppose
passage of House Bill 820 and Senate Bill 931 for the following
reasons:
1. Monroe County, Florida remains willing to allocate the
necessary funding necessary to operate and maintain the County Jail
in a manner and to the standard required by Florida and Federal
laws; as may be certified to the Board of County Commissioners by
the Sheriff of Monroe County in accordance with the customary
procedure set forth by law for such funding to be annually provided
by the County Commission.
2. That the County Commission has by its action in the past
always adequately provided for said jail operation as requested by
the Sheriff and in each timely request has levied the necessary
taxes to support same.
3. That there is no good reason for providing for a different
operational set up for the Monroe County Jail than as is presently
provided for by statute. That at any time that the Sheriff becomes
aggrieved over the funding for said facility, he may appeal said
budget to the Cabinet.
4. That prior to the current legislative session, the Sheriff
of Monroe County, Florida has not requested funds for the operation
and maintenance of the jail which he has not received or for which
he has made known his objection to the funding provided to him by
the Board of County Commissioners.
APPROVED ON
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5. That there are serious constitutional questions to the
validity of House Bill 920 and Senate Bill 931, should said bills
become law.
RESOLVED in regular session at Marathon, Monroe County,
Florida this 8th day of May, A.D. 1979.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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I HEREBY CERTIFY t:~3t ~his doeument has
been reviewed for If:gBI ::mi'[;c1e~iCY and
c'.1!1bmt and tbat the S,&ime mee.!i. with my
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RICHARD G. PA VlH:
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