The Florida Senate

938.10  Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain crimes against minors.--

(1)  If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s. 796.03, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.0145, or s. 985.701, the court shall impose a court cost of $101 against the offender in addition to any other cost or penalty required by law.

(2)  Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer the proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum collected which the clerk shall retain as a service charge, to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of Children and Family Services' Child Advocacy Trust Fund for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children's advocacy centers that are members of the network. If the Child Advocacy Trust Fund is not created by law within the Department of Children and Family Services, the clerk of the court shall transfer the proceeds to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of Children and Family Services' Grants and Donations Trust Fund for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children's advocacy centers that are members of the network.

(3)  At the end of each fiscal year, each children's advocacy center receiving revenue as provided in this section must provide a report to the board of directors of the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., which reflects center expenditures, all sources of revenue received, and outputs that have been standardized and agreed upon by network members and the board of directors, such as the number of clients served, client demographic information, and number and types of services provided. The Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., must compile reports from the centers and provide a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in August of each year beginning in 2005.

History.--s. 84, ch. 2004-265; s. 115, ch. 2006-120.