Resolution 112-1972
RESOLUTION NO. 112 -1972
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WHEREAS. the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida has received numerous complaints concerning the failure of trailer
owners to obtain license tags, and
WHEREAS. said Board has no authority to collect said license tag
fees, same being under the jurisdiction of the Division of Motor Vehicles,
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and
WHEREAS, Monroe County has lost approximately One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in revenue from trailer owners failing to
obtain the required license tags, and
WHEREAS, in an effort to increase the number of tags purchased the
Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida had one of its
employees, while inspecting trailer tie downs, report names of the owners
of trailers to the local inspector of the Division of Motor Vehicles in order
that appropriate citations might be is sued to those trailer owners n9J having
tags, and
WHEREAS, this method has failed to produce any substantial income,
and
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Tax Collector has no authority to
enforce the collection of said trailer license tag fees, now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Division of Motor Vehicles, De-
partment of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles be, and it is hereby requested
that they take the necessary action to enforce the trailer license tag law in
Monroe County, Florida in order that the income derived from same can be
collected by the Tax Collector of Monroe County, Florida.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY SAID BO\RD that a certified copy
of this Resolution be forwarded to the Division of Motor Vehicles, Department
of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for appropriate action.
DATED September 26, 1972.