House Bill 1811

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1811

        By Representative Rubio






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to disposition of civil

  3         penalties; amending s. 318.21, F.S.; revising

  4         language with respect to a fee distributed to

  5         the counties from each moving traffic violation

  6         to be used for participation in an

  7         intergovernmental radio communication program;

  8         providing for the use of such funds if the

  9         county is not participating in such a program

10         or if a municipality maintains a radio

11         communication program independent of the

12         county; 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.  Subsection (10) of section 318.21, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

19  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

20  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

21  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

22         (10)  Twelve dollars and fifty cents from each moving

23  traffic violation must be used by the county to fund that

24  county's participation in an intergovernmental radio

25  communication program approved by the Department of Management

26  Services. If the county is not participating in such a

27  program, or if a municipality maintains a radio communication

28  program independent of the county, funds collected may must be

29  used to fund local law enforcement automation and must be

30  distributed to the municipality or special improvement

31  district in which the violation occurred or to the county if

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1811

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  1  the violation occurred within the unincorporated area of the

  2  county.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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    Revises a provision of law which sets aside twelve dollars and
  8  fifty cents from each moving traffic violation in a county to
    fund that county's participation in an intergovernmental radio
  9  communication program. Provides that if the county is not
    participating in such a program, or if a municipality
10  maintains a radio communication program independent of the
    county, funds collected may be used to fund local enforcement
11  automation and must be distributed to the municipality or
    special improvement district in which the violation occurred
12  or to the county if the violation occurred within the
    unincorporated area of the county.
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