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House Bill 0553er

ENROLLED 1997 Legislature HB 553 1 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. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 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.-- 20 (1) 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 Subsection (20) of section 397.321, Florida 31 Statutes, is hereby repealed. 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. ENROLLED 1997 Legislature HB 553 1 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 2 law. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2