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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 12091997 - D7 (2) D7 TO: , BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: WARREN E. RUPF, Sheriff DATE: November 24, 1997 SUBJECT: Approval of resolution to implement Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section 1, authorizing County participation in a new $1.00 fee on vehicle registrations to fund Automated Mobile and Fixed location Fingerprint Identification System equipment as authorized by CVC 9250.19 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION 1. RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. Approve the,attached resolution authorizing County participation in a new fee collected on vehicle registrations effective January 1, 1998 which will fund the Automated Mobile and Fixed location Fingerprint Identification System. Resolution 97/668 2. Authorize the County Auditor-Controller to establish an interest bearing Cal-ID Update Special Revenue Fund for deposit of such funds received from the State for appropriation by the Board of Supervisors based upon the recommendation of the .Contra Costa Cal-ID Regional Access Network Board. Il. FINANCIAL IMPACT. State of California Department of Motor Vehicles statistics reveal that as of December 1996 there were 742,157 "fee paid'vehicles registered in Contra Costa County. This legislation provides that, once the attached resolution is adopted and filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles, they will add a $1.00 fee to each subsequent vehicle registration or renewal in Contra Costa County. After a deduction, for any administrative costs, DMV will remit the balance to the county for use in the Automated Mobile and Fixed location Fingerprint Identification System. There will be a one time, up-front, "computer set-up charge" which will be deducted from registration revenues by DMV before the funds are allocated to the county. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles, it will take 4 or 5 months from the time the resolution is Filed until funds are received by the county. THIS PROGRAM SHOULD PROVIDE APPROXIMA TEL Y$300,000.00 IN FIRST YEAR FUNDS AND AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF$74Z 157.00 ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY. THE FEE AUTHORITY WOULD SUNSET AND BE REPEALED ON JANUARY 1, 2003. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION. SB 720, enacted as Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section 1 will add Section 9250.1.9 of the California Vehicle Code effective January 1, 1998 providing that upon adoption of a resolution by the Board of Supervisors, a new $1.00 fee on vehicle registrations in the County will be imposed and continuously appropriate to fund local programs that enhance local law enforcement to provide Fingerprint identification. The funds raised by this fee are to be used exclusively for programs that enhance the capacity of local law enforcement to provide automated mobile and fixed location fingerprint identification of individuals who may be involved in vehicle-related crimes and other crimes committed whle operating a motor vehicle. Automated fingerprint identification systems are used to verify the identity f individuals during arrests and bookings and for warrants;to identify crime suspects through latent prints recovered�from crime scenes; and for coroners to identify John and Jane Does. The current county Calb automated fingerprint system is over 13 years old, and it uses computer technology at is er 16 years old. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE.: (... , SHERIFF RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON Dece e APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES.' NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT.' ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CONTACT.ROBERT R.HENDERSON, UNDERSHERIFF ATTESTED December 9 1997 CC: CAO-JUSTICE SYSTEM PROGRAMS PHIL BATCHELOR,CL OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF ND CO ADMINi TOR AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY DEPUTY Resolution Implementing SB 720, Stats. 1997, Ch. 587, Sec, 1 Page 2-continuation /November 21, 1997 Ill. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION (CONT The operation of the Cal-ID system is funded under the provisions of a User's Agreement with contributions by the county and all cities in the county. These contributions only cover the cost of operation and are not sufficient to fund the replacement of our existing system. There is no identified funding source to replace the system's outmoded equipment. Technology has surpassed the usefulness of the required Cal-ID system equipment making it antiquated, and increasingly more costly to maintain and operate. This equipment is near capacity in terms of memory, is frequently in disrepair, and if not updated or replaced, will cease to operate in 2000 due to the "Year 2000"issue. Funds collected pursuant to section 9250.19 would permit the installation of live scan devices at major booking and arrest facilities throughout city and county law enforcement agencies to speed the entry of fingerprints into Cal-ID and the identification process of arrestees. This would allow more immediate knowledge of past criminal histories, outstanding warrants, and linkages to other crimes. The equipment would also enable quicker classification of inmates and determinations of eligibility for releases of an estees on their own recognizance. The information from these fingerprint identification programs is to be made available by the local law enforcement agency to any local public agency that is required by law to obtain a criminal history background of persons as a condition of employment with that local public agency. For example, the additional funds raised by the new fee will permit the timely identification of individuals who seek employment with school districts to insure the applicant has no inappropriate criminal history, before being allowed contact with students. IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Failure to approve this recommendation would result in the inability of county law enforcement to take advantage of this funding source, which can be enacted at the local level by board resolution. Negative action would perpetuate the inability of the county to respond to local law enforcement needs in the face of continuing budget cuts. Without this vital fingerprint identification link, law enforcement will suffer serious degradation in investigative efforts to identify coroner bodies, and in the attempts to identify, locate and prosecute criminals who commit crimes against the citizens of Contra Costa County. I I I i i t IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of County Participation ) in a Cal-ID Update Special Revenue Fund ) as Authorized by CVC 9250.19 ) RESOLUTION NO. 97/668 WHEREAS, California counties are authorized to operate automated fingerprint identification systems; and WHEREAS,the current Cal-ID automated fingerprint system is over 13 years old; uses computer technology that is over 16 years old, and is nearing the end of its useful life; and WHEREAS, operation of the Cal-ID system is funded under the provision of a User's Agreement with contributions by the County and by all the cities in the County; and WHEREAS, The State of California has enacted California Vehicle Code Section 9250.19, which authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to increase and collect an annual one dollar fee for vehicles registered or renewed in Contra Costa County to be used exclusively for the purchase and operation of new Cal-ID automated fingerprint identification equipment to identify individuals who may be involved in vehicle-related crimes and other crimes committed while operating a motor vehicle; and WHEREAS, implementation of California Vehicle Code Section 9250.19 would permit the installation of live scan devices at major booking and arrest facilities throughout the city and county law enforcement agencies to speed the entry of fingerprints into Cal-ID and the identification process of arrestees; and WHEREAS, Cal-ID live scan fingerprint devices would provide for the timely identification of persons who seek employment with school districts, before the applicant contacts students, to insure that the applicant has no inappropriate criminal background; and WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 9250.19 requires that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution establishing the $1.00 per vehicle registration fee prior to the collection of the fee; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor's hereby formally requests the State of California Department of Motor Vehicles implement section 9250.19 of the California Vehicle Code and commence collection of an additional one dollar($1.00) fee, to be paid at the time of registration or renewal of registration on every vehicle registered to an address within Contra Costa County, except those vehicles expressly exempted from payment of registration fees. It is the intention of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to fund an eligible program, as specified in section 9250.19, which will enhance the capacity of local law enforcement agencies to update and replace Cal-ID automated fingerprint identification systems. PASSED AND ADOPTED on 12/9/97 By the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Uilkema, Gerber, Canciamilla and DeSaulnier NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed this; December 9, 1997 PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and Co my Administrator. B ,Deputy Clerk cc: County Administrator Auditor-Controller Sheriff-Coroner District Attorney Chief Probation Officer