§ 18-53. Referral for investigation or enforcement to outside law enforcement agencies.

(a)

Any suspected violation(s) of any of any such rule or regulation may be referred by the Airport Authority, and/or by the Airport Authority's Executive Director, to any appropriate outside law enforcement department, entity, or agency, for investigation and/or enforcement as a misdemeanor of the second degree as then punishable as such punishment is provided for in F.S. §§ 775.082 or 775.083.

(b)

Any officer or other employee of the Airport Authority who suspects that a violation of any such rule or regulation is occurring or is being committed, the officer or employee is authorized to immediately notify the Collier County Sheriff's Department, office, or substation, if in that officer's or employee's judgment an arrest or forcible restraint may be an appropriate response to the situation.

(c)

The Executive Director, and/or the Airport Authority, and/or the Airport Manager of the respective airport (or such Airport Manager's designee) may refer for investigation and enforcement any suspected violation of this article and/or any Airport Authority rule and/or regulation that may be a violation of any law, rule or regulation within the investigation and/or enforcement jurisdiction of the respective entity to which the matter is referred, which may include the Federal Government or any agency or sub-part thereof. Also, such referral need not appear to be a violation of any Airport Authority rule or regulation or of any Collier County Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 04-03, § 18)