Senate Bill sb1350

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1350

    By Senator Bennett





    21-1090-03

  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 for deposit of funds from moving

  7         violations occurring on an interstate or the

  8         Florida Turnpike into the Grants and Donations

  9         Trust Fund within the Department of Law

10         Enforcement and providing for use of funds;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

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

19  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

20  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

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

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

23  county's participation in an intergovernmental radio

24  communication program approved by the Department of Management

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

26  program, funds collected must be used to fund local law

27  enforcement automation and must be distributed to the

28  municipality or special improvement district in which the

29  violation occurred or to the county if the violation occurred

30  within the unincorporated area of the county. If a

31  municipality within the county maintains an independent 800

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1350
    21-1090-03




  1  megahertz radio communication program that can communicate

  2  with the county's system or if the mutual-aid channels are

  3  compatible, funds collected from violations that occur within

  4  the territorial jurisdiction of that municipality must be used

  5  to fund local law enforcement automation and must be

  6  distributed to that municipality. However, if the violation

  7  occurred on an interstate highway or the Florida Turnpike,

  8  such funds shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations

  9  Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement for the

10  purpose of funding state law enforcement communications or

11  automation.

12         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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15                          SENATE SUMMARY

16    Authorizes the use of certain civil penalties to fund
      automation and communications services for local and
17    state law enforcement agencies.

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