House Bill hb0201

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 201

        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 under

  9         certain circumstances; providing an effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (10) of section 318.21, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

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

18  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

19  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

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

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

22  county's participation in an intergovernmental radio

23  communication program approved by the Department of Management

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

25  program, or if a municipality within the county has, pursuant

26  to s. 218.503, in the preceding 5 years been declared in a

27  state of financial emergency and has had a financial

28  emergencies board established, regardless of whether the board

29  is currently in existence, and maintains a radio-communication

30  program independent of the county, funds collected must be

31  used to fund local law enforcement automation and must be

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 201

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  1  distributed to the municipality or special improvement

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

  3  the violation occurred within the unincorporated area of the

  4  county.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  8                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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

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