§ 38-10. Additional court cost.  


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  • (a)

    Authority. This section is adopted pursuant to the authority vested in the board of county commissioners by F.S. § 939.185(1)(a), to adopt, by ordinance, up to a $65.00 additional court cost when any person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, or adjudicated delinquent for, any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act, or criminal traffic offense under the laws of the state.

    (b)

    Adoption of additional court cost. The board of county commissioners hereby adopts a $65.00 additional court cost when any person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, or adjudicated delinquent for, any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act, or criminal traffic offense under the laws of the state. The county shall account for costs imposed separately and shall allocate the costs as follows:

    (1)

    Twenty-five percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund innovations to supplement state funding for elements of the state courts system identified in F.S. § 29.004, and county funding for local requirements under F.S. § 29.008(2)(a)2.

    (2)

    Twenty-five percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to assist the county in providing legal aid programs required under F.S. § 29.008(3)(a).

    (3)

    Twenty-five percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund personnel and legal materials for the public as part of a law library.

    (4)

    Twenty-five percent of the amount collected shall be used as determined by the board of county commissioners to support teen court programs, juvenile assessment centers, and other juvenile alternative programs.

    (c)

    Reporting requirement. The county shall report the amount of funds collected pursuant to this section and an itemized list of expenditures for all authorized programs and activities. The report shall be submitted in a format developed by the Supreme Court to the governor, the chief financial officer, the president of the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis beginning with the quarter ending September 30, 2004. Quarterly reports shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the quarter. Any unspent funds at the close of the county fiscal year allocated under subsections (b)(2), (3), and (4) shall be transferred for use pursuant to subsection (b)(1).

    (d)

    Priority and imposition. The disbursement of costs collected under this section shall be subordinate in priority order of disbursement to all other state-imposed costs authorized by state law, restitution or other compensation to victims, and child support payments. The court shall order a person to pay the additional court cost. If the person is determined to be indigent, the clerk shall defer payment of this cost.

(Ord. No. 04-26, § 1, 7-13-04; Ord. No. 07-37, § 3, 8-7-07)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 04-26, § 1, adopted July 13, 2004, enacted provisions intended for use as § 38-8. Inasmuch as there are already provisions so designated, and at the discretion of the editor, said provisions have been redesignated as § 38-10.