House Bill hb0571

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 571

        By Representative Ross






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to civil penalties; amending s.

  3         318.21, F.S.; authorizing use of civil

  4         penalties to fund local law enforcement

  5         automation under certain circumstances;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (9) of section 318.21, Florida

11  Statutes, as amended by chapter 2001-122, Laws of Florida, is

12  amended to read:

13         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

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

15  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

16  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

17         (9)  Twelve dollars and fifty cents from each moving

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

19  county's participation in an intergovernmental radio

20  communication program approved by the Department of Management

21  Services. If the county is not participating in such a program

22  or if a municipality within the county maintains a radio

23  communication program independent of the county, funds

24  collected within the territorial jurisdiction of the

25  municipality may must be used to fund local law enforcement

26  automation and must be distributed to the municipality or

27  special improvement district in which the violation occurred

28  or to the county if the violation occurred within the

29  unincorporated area of the county.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 571

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      Authorizes use of civil penalties to fund local law
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