| 1 | The Committee on Judiciary recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to additional court costs in cases of |
| 7 | certain crimes against minors; creating s. 938.10, F.S.; |
| 8 | imposing an additional court cost against persons who |
| 9 | plead guilty or nolo contendere to, or who are found |
| 10 | guilty of, certain crimes against minors; requiring the |
| 11 | clerk of the court to deposit the proceeds of the court |
| 12 | cost into the State Treasury for deposit into a specified |
| 13 | trust fund to be used to fund child advocacy centers; |
| 14 | requiring the clerk of the court to retain a portion of |
| 15 | the court cost as a service charge; requiring annual |
| 16 | reports; requiring a report to the Legislature; amending |
| 17 | s. 39.3035, F.S.; requiring compliance with specified |
| 18 | provisions in order for a child advocacy center to receive |
| 19 | certain funding; requiring the Florida Network of |
| 20 | Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., to document such |
| 21 | compliance; providing applicability; providing an |
| 22 | effective date. |
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| 24 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 26 | Section 1. Section 938.10, Florida Statutes, is created to |
| 27 | read: |
| 28 | 938.10 Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain |
| 29 | crimes against minors.-- |
| 30 | (1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is |
| 31 | found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against |
| 32 | a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s. |
| 33 | 796.03, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.0145, or s. 985.4045, the |
| 34 | court shall impose a court cost of $101 against the offender in |
| 35 | addition to any other cost or penalty required by law. |
| 36 | (2) Each month, the clerk of the court shall transfer the |
| 37 | proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum collected |
| 38 | which the clerk shall retain as a service charge, to the State |
| 39 | Treasury for deposit into the Child Advocacy Trust Fund for |
| 40 | disbursement to the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy |
| 41 | Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding child advocacy centers |
| 42 | that are members of the network. |
| 43 | (3) At the end of each fiscal year, each child advocacy |
| 44 | center receiving revenue from the Child Advocacy Trust Fund must |
| 45 | provide a report to the Board of Directors of the Florida |
| 46 | Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., that reflects |
| 47 | center expenditures, all sources of revenue received, and |
| 48 | outputs that have been standardized and agreed upon by network |
| 49 | members and the board of directors, such as the number of |
| 50 | clients served, client demographic information, and the number |
| 51 | and types of services provided. The Florida Network of |
| 52 | Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., must compile reports from the |
| 53 | centers and provide a report to the President of the Senate and |
| 54 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives in August of each |
| 55 | year beginning in 2005. |
| 56 | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 39.3035, Florida |
| 57 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 58 | 39.3035 Child advocacy centers; standards; state |
| 59 | funding.-- |
| 60 | (3) A child advocacy center within this state may not |
| 61 | receive the funds generated pursuant to s. 938.10, state or |
| 62 | federal funds administered by a state agency, or any other funds |
| 63 | appropriated by the Legislature unless all of the standards of |
| 64 | subsection (1) are met and the screening requirement of |
| 65 | subsection (2) is met. The Florida Network of Children's |
| 66 | Advocacy Centers, Inc., shall be responsible for tracking and |
| 67 | documenting compliance with subsections (1) and (2) for any of |
| 68 | the above funds it administers to its member child advocacy |
| 69 | centers Any child advocacy center within this state that meets |
| 70 | the standards of subsection (1) and is certified by the Florida |
| 71 | Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., as being a full |
| 72 | member in the organization shall be eligible to receive state |
| 73 | funds that are appropriated by the Legislature. |
| 74 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, and |
| 75 | shall apply to offenses committed on or after that date. |