(A) Administrative fee. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-39-204, sexual offenders shall pay an annual administrative fee of $150. One hundred dollars shall be used for the purchase of equipment, personnel and maintenance costs, and any other expenses incurred as a result of the implementation of the requirements of the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification and Tracking Act of 2004. The remaining $50 shall be submitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) for maintenance, upkeep and employment costs.
(B) Community notification system. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 40-39-217, a community notification system is hereby established to notify certain residences, schools, and child-care facilities within the city when a person required to register as a sexual offender or violent sexual offender resides, intends to reside, or, upon registration, declares to reside within a certain distance of residences, schools, and child-care facilities. Each offender so registered shall pay $50 per year for the purpose of defraying the costs of the community notification. The notification fee shall be collected at the same time as the $150 administrative fee collected pursuant to division (A) above. Notification will be made by posting a notice on the city's website and may also be made through notice in the local newspaper, posting of a copy of the notice at the police headquarters, by regular mail or hand-delivered to residents, schools and child-care facilities located within a specified number of feet from the offender's residence, notifying homeowners associations within the immediate area of the declared residence of the offender, and/or any other method reasonably expected to provide notification.
(Ord. 1460, passed 2-19-2015)