§ 111.397. Sheriff's Red Light Safety Revenue Fund

There is created a special revenue fund account to be known as the Sheriff's Red Light Safety Revenue Fund. There shall be deposited in this fund all monies paid over to the City pursuant to notices of violations issued pursuant to Florida's Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act ("The Act"), created in Chapter 2010-80, Laws of Florida, and as authorized by under Ordinance Code Ch. 636, part 4. Deposits and expenditures shall be accounted for within the fund and shall be administered by the Sheriff. All sums placed into the Fund are hereby appropriated for distribution in accordance with the appropriate provisions of the Municipal Code and Florida Statutes. The Director of Finance and Administration is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this account upon the written requisition of the Sheriff or his designee, to provide for expenses of operating a traffic infraction detector program, as authorized in Ordinance Code Ch. 636, part 4 and complying with the Act. Annually, no later than August 15th of each year, the Sheriff shall submit to the City Council a detailed report of revenues collected and expenditures made within this fund for the preceding 12 month period ending June 30 of each year.

The monies deposited in this trust fund shall carry over fiscal years. However, on September 1st of each year, a transfer shall be deposited into the General Fund in the amount of any net revenue over expenditures received into the trust fund during the last reporting period.

(Ord. 2012-449-E, § 3; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16)