Ordinance 97-18 ORDINANCE NO. 97-1 I~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE
NO. 92-102 WHICH CREATED THE COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC
GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT
' TO SECTION TWO, PURPOSE AND INTENT; PROVIDING FOR
.,...,7.~1~;~.~.- AMENDMENT TO SECTION THEE, COLLIER COUNTY
PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM; PROVIDING F~
AMENDMENT TO SECTION FOUR, APPOINTMENTS TO
PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM; PROVIDING r-:,
CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR~
INCLUSION IN CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES; AND~
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ~
WHEREAS, on December 22, 1992, the Board of County Commissioners adopted
County Ordinance No. 92-102 creating the Collier County Public Guardianship Program; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners desires to amend certain sections of
this ordinance.
NOW, THEEFORE, BE IT ORDAINlED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION ONE: Amendment to SECTION TWO, of Collier County
Ordinance No. 92-102.
Section Two is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION TWO: Purpose And Intent.
It shall be the purpose of this ordinance to establish a Collier County office
public guardian for the purpose of providing guardianship services for incapacitated persons
when no private guardian is available for those persons whose needs cannot be met through less
drastic means of intervention and to create a Collier County Public Guardianship Program.
SECTION TWO: Amendment to SECTION THREE, of Collier County
Ordinance No. 92402.
Section Three is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION THREE: Collier County Public Guardianship Program.
There is hereby created the Collier County Public Guardianship Program under the
authority and supervision of the office of Public Guardianship for
Collier County.
SECTION THEE: Amendment to SECTION FOUR of Co!iler County
Ordinance No. 92-102.
Section Four is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION FOUR: Appointments To The Collier County Public
Guardianship Program.
All appointments to lhe Office of Public Guardian shall be made by administrative order
and the Public Guardian for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit shall be appointed by the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
Words underl. j. ned are added; words struck throucjh are deleted.
There shall be appointed a aa ,A,::!::A.,nt Public Guardian for Collier County. The
.A,::~:t^~: Public Guardian may be an individual, a non-profit organization, or any other legal
entity. _The Public Guardian must have knowledge of the le~ '
aervlees available to meet the needs of ineap. acitated persons. All appointments to the Collie
County Public Guardianship Program shall be by administrative order of the Chief
Administrative Judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit after receiving and considering
recommendations from the local circuit judges ' ' · If
required by Florida Statutes. the Chief Administrative Judge shall notify the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Florida ' _ .
SECTION FOUR: Confilet And Severablllty.
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other ordinance of Collier County or other
applicable law, the more restrictive shall :pply. If any phrase or portion of the ordinance is held
invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portion.
SECTION FIVE: In~!usion In The Code Of Laws And Ordinances.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Laws
and Ordinances of Collier County, Florida. The sections of the Ordinance may be renumbered or
relettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", '"article",
or any other appropriate word.
SECTION SIX: Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon filing with the Department of State.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
ATTEST:' ' ".. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DWIGHT E. BROCI~, Clerk COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Approved.as tO form and
legal sufficiency: 'r~ts ordlne~nce f/led with toe
Secretor,/of Stote's Ofti he
~/.,L.,A~ end ecknowledgeme t of that
Heidi F. Ashton
Assistant County Attorney
~ords underl.:kned are added~ words struck through are delet:ed.
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF COLLIER)
I, DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk of Courts in and for the Twentieth
Judicial Circuit, Oollier County, Florida, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of:
ORDINANCE NO. 97-18
Which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on the 22nd day
of April, 1997, during Regular Session.
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of the Board of County
Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 23rd day of April,
1997.
DWIGHT E. BROCK ,."' .............'..
Clerk of Courts and.-dk~r~. ' "..
Ex-officio to Board' of"
County Commissio ers .-' "'
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