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2/23/98
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10021, ADOPTED
JULY 18, 1985, AS AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED INITIAL
RESOURCES AND INITIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND, RECEIVED AND DEPOSITED
PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 9257, ADOPTED APRIL 9, 1981,
THEREBY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1,174,000.00, FROM MONIES REALIZED AS A RESULT OF
SUCCESSFUL FORFEITURE ACTIONS; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 9257, adopted April 9, 1981, the City
Commission fulfilled the requirements of Section 9 .44 (3) (a) and 943.44 (5), Florida Statutes
(1980), relating to the proceeds from the sale o ther quisition of forfeited property; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 10021, a pted July 18,1985, established initial resources and
initial appropriations for the "Law E orcement Trust Fund" (LETF) in the amount of
$1,896,825; and
WHEREAS, as a re ult f successful forfeiture actions there were successive
appropriations into the LE resently amounting to a total of $22,066,749.26; and;