County To Charge Sex Offenders For Required Registrations

County To Charge Sex Offenders For Required Registrations


FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Sex offenders in Lee County will be charged a fee to register with the state -- which they are required to do by law.

County commissioners approved the fee Tuesday.

The sheriff's office said Lee County will be the first in Florida to require sex offenders and predators to pay a fee each time they register. Some offenders must register multiple times each year.

The fee is intended to cover administrative costs.

Some registered sex offenders living in the county say the fees violate their constitutional rights.

Sheriff Mike Scott said similar fees in 19 other states have withstood constitutional challenges.

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For their supervision on parole, as I understand it. I think the whole country has gone off the rails.