§ 24-102. Use of funds.

(a)

All funds collected from law enforcement impact fees shall be used solely for the purpose of capital improvements or enhancements to law enforcement facilities as identified in the county's comprehensive plan or the comprehensive plans of the City of Fort Pierce, City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie Village or by the state and identified within the technical memorandum titled "Methods Used to Update library, Public Buildings, Parks and Recreation and Law Enforcement Impact Fees," dated October 4, 2016, by Dr. James C. Nicholas, which contains the most recent and localized data and which is incorporated by reference. Law enforcement impact fees shall not be used for maintenance or operation purposes. Such improvements shall be of the type as are made necessary by the new development.

(b)

Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, all funds shall be used exclusively for identified law enforcement capital improvements. Funds shall be expended in the order in which they are collected.

(c)

Each April the county administrator shall present to the board of county commissioners a proposed capital improvement program for law enforcement capital equipment assigning funds, including any accrued interest, from the several special revenue funds to specific law enforcement projects and related expenses. Monies, including any accrued interest, not assigned in any fiscal year shall be retained in the same special revenue funds until the next fiscal year, except as provided by the refund provisions of this article.

(d)

The collecting governmental entity shall be entitled to retain not more than four percent of all impact fee funds it collects to offset the actual costs of administering and enforcing this article.

(Code 1982, § 1-18-15; Ord. No. 04-005, pt. A, 4-6-2004; Ord. No. 11-008, pt. D, 3-1-2011; Ord. No. 2017-12 , pt. A, 6-6-2017)