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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
SR.5
The Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commis
Joe Arrioia
Chief AdMinij trator/City Manager
DATE:
SUBJECT :
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NOV 14 2003
Proposed Ordinance
FILE :
Investigative Cost Recovery
Fund
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Ordinance establishing
a Special Revenue Fund entitled: "Investigative Cost Recovery Fund," authorizing acceptance of
judgments rendered against persons convicted in criminal cases, pursuant to Florida Statute,
Chapter 938.27, and appropriating said funds, in an amount not to exceed $5,000, for use by the
Police Department's Environmental Protection Unit. Although, this cost recovery fund is
available to all investigative units, this particular account will initially collect judgments on behalf
of this unit only without precluding other units in the future.
BACKGROUND
Florida State Statute, Chapter 938.27 — Judgment for costs on conviction states that in all criminal
cases the costs of prosecution, including investigative costs incurred by law enforcement agencies,
by fire departments for arson investigations, and by investigations of the Division of Financial
Investigations of the Department of Banking and Finance, if requested and documented by such
agencies, shall be included and entered in the judgment rendered against the convicted person.
These funds will by used toward the payment of training, equipment, rentals, emergency clean-ups,
special operations, and overtime, and any other investigative costs incurred by the Police
Department's Environmental Protection Unit during the investigation, and later this Special
Revenue Fund could be expanded to include other units.
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