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Sex Offenders Now Must Pay To Register In Lee County
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Published: December 5, 2007
FORT MYERS - Sex offenders in Lee County will be charged to register with the state, which they are required to do by law.
County commissioners approved the fee Tuesday. Lee County will be the first in Florida to require sex
offenders and predators to pay a fee each time they register, sheriff's officials said. 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. Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott says similar fees in 19 other states have withstood constitutional challenges.
Sex offenders and predators must register with their local sheriff's offices under the Jessica Lunsford Act.
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