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House Bill 0553




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 553

        By Representative Hill






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to fines; amending s. 939.017,

  3         F.S.; providing that fines collected for

  4         misdemeanor convictions involving drug or

  5         alcohol shall be forwarded to the

  6         jurisdictional county of collection rather than

  7         to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative

  8         Services; providing for the deposit of such

  9         fines in the local County Alcohol and Other

10         Drug Abuse Trust Fund; repealing s.

11         397.321(20), F.S.; conforming to the act;

12         providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

17  939.017, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         939.017  Misdemeanor convictions involving drugs or

19  alcohol; additional costs.--

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21         (b)  The clerk of the court shall collect the $15 and

22  forward $14 thereof to the jurisdictional county of collection

23  as described in s. 893.165(2) Treasurer to be deposited to the

24  credit of the County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trust Fund

25  Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for

26  allocation to local substance abuse treatment programs under

27  s. 893.165 s. 397.321.  The clerk shall retain the remaining

28  $1 of each $15 collected as a service charge of the clerk's

29  office.

30         Section 2.  Subsection (20) of section 397.321, Florida

31  Statutes, is hereby repealed.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 553

    504-126A-97






  1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Provides that fines collected for misdemeanor convictions
  7    involving drugs or alcohol shall be forwarded to the
      jurisdictional county of collection for deposit in that
  8    local County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trust Fund
      rather than to the Department of Health and
  9    Rehabilitative Services.  See bill for details.

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