| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Hillsborough County; providing for a |
| 3 | fee to be paid by felony offenders in the county; |
| 4 | providing for an accounting of such fees and remission of |
| 5 | the fee revenues collected by the Department of |
| 6 | Corrections; providing the duties of the clerk of the |
| 7 | court in connection with the fee revenues remitted; |
| 8 | providing for the use of the funds by the board of county |
| 9 | commissioners; providing for costs of administration; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, |
| 15 | each felony offender assessed in Hillsborough County (the |
| 16 | "county") in accordance with s. 948.09(1)(a)1., Florida |
| 17 | Statutes, shall simultaneously pay a separate and additional $5- |
| 18 | per-month fee to the Department of Corrections (the |
| 19 | "department"). |
| 20 | Section 2. The department shall remit on a quarterly basis |
| 21 | to the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court (the |
| 22 | "clerk"), as ex officio custodian of the funds of the county, |
| 23 | any funds collected pursuant to section 1, less the costs of |
| 24 | administration. The department shall collect and maintain an |
| 25 | accounting of any such fees assessed, any such fees paid by the |
| 26 | offender, the cost of administration, and the amount remitted to |
| 27 | the clerk and shall report said accounting to the county's board |
| 28 | of county commissioners (the "board") annually. |
| 29 | Section 3. The clerk shall maintain the moneys remitted to |
| 30 | it in accordance with this act in a separate special revenue |
| 31 | account, invest the funds held on deposit pursuant to general |
| 32 | law, and disburse the funds at the direction of the board, less |
| 33 | the costs of administration, and the board may appropriate the |
| 34 | funds for the sole purpose of offsetting some of the costs of |
| 35 | housing state inmates in county jail facilities. The clerk shall |
| 36 | prepare an audit of said special revenue account annually and |
| 37 | deliver same to the board. |
| 38 | Section 4. The amount deducted for the costs of |
| 39 | administration by the department and by the clerk shall not |
| 40 | exceed 3 percent of the total revenue generated by the fee to |
| 41 | each, and the amount deducted for the costs of administration |
| 42 | shall be used only for those costs that are solely and directly |
| 43 | attributable to the fee. |
| 44 | Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2005. |