Title 12174 · Code of Ordinances
Sec. 111.450. - Spay and Neuter Trust Fund.
Citation: Jacksonville, FL Code of Ordinances § 111.450.
Section: 111.450.
There is created the Spay and Neuter Trust Fund, a permanent trust fund of the City, into which shall be deposited monthly monies derived from the fees generated by license fees. The revenue collected from the sale of each license shall be apportioned as follows: the first $8 shall go into the general fund to cover costs of the licensing program and outsourced fees as applicable; the next $2 shall be deposited in the Animal Care and Protective Services Veterinary Services Trust Fund, Section 111.455 ; the remaining monies, beginning with the eleventh dollar, shall be deposited in the Spay and Neuter Trust Fund. There shall also be deposited into the Spay and Neuter Trust Fund all funds forfeited under Section 462.309 , fines collected for failure to confine a female dog or cat in heat under Section 462.307 , together with any other monies which may be from time to time appropriated to this trust fund by the Council, or monies, gifts, or donations donated by non-governmental sources. The monies deposited in this trust fund are to be appropriated by Council and shall be utilized and expended, solely for the education/promotion of sterilization and primarily for sterilization programs created and established in Section 462.703 . Monies deposited in this trust fund shall be available for expenditure notwithstanding fiscal years and shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year. Expenditures from this trust shall not exceed actual revenues received at any time. The Director of the Finance and Administration Department is authorized and directed to make disbursements from this trust fund upon the written request of the Department Director to which Animal Care and Protective Services ("ACPS") reports (hereafter 'Department Director'), or designee, with respect to expenditures permitted by Section 462.703 . Furthermore, the Director of the Finance and Administration Department shall be responsible for maintaining all required accounting records, making the proper disbursements, and providing any required financial information, including notifying the Department Director, or designee, of the exhaustion of appropriated funds available for expenditure in this trust fund. The ACPS shall give to the City Council Committee to which ACPS or its equivalent is referred an annual report as to the disposition of the monies of this trust fund. (Ord. 86-651-332, § 3; Ord. 86-794-384, § 1; Ord. 90-732-326, § 1; Ord. 91-251-106, § 2; Ord. 2003-876-E, § 12.1; Ord. 2006-422-E, § 40; Ord. 2010-527-E, § 1; Ord. 2016-140-E , § 16) Editor's note— Ordinance 2007-839-E, § 18, authorized updated department/division names pursuant to reorganization. Note— Former § 110.338.