HB 741

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to court costs; amending ss. 318.18 and
3	327.73, F.S.; increasing the amount of an additional court
4	cost to be collected for certain pedestrian, traffic, and
5	boating infractions; amending s. 938.01, F.S.; increasing
6	court costs and fees for certain convictions, bond
7	estreatures, and bail bond forfeitures; revising the
8	distribution of funds from the Additional Court Cost
9	Clearing Trust Fund; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section
14	318.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15	318.18  Amount of civil penalties.--The penalties required
16	for a noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 are as
17	follows:
18	(11)
19	(d)  In addition to the court cost required under paragraph
20	(a), a $5 $3 court cost must be paid for each infraction to be
21	distributed as provided in s. 938.01 and a $2 court cost as
22	provided in s. 938.15 when assessed by a municipality or county.
23	Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (11) of section
24	327.73, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25	327.73  Noncriminal infractions.--
26	(11)
27	(b)  In addition to the court cost assessed under paragraph
28	(a), the court shall impose a $5 $3 court cost for each
29	noncriminal infraction, to be distributed as provided in s.
30	938.01, and a $2 court cost as provided in s. 938.15 when
31	assessed by a municipality or county.
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33	Court costs imposed under this subsection may not exceed $30. A
34	criminal justice selection center or both local criminal justice
35	access and assessment centers may be funded from these court
36	costs.
37	Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 938.01, Florida
38	Statutes, is amended to read:
39	938.01  Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund.--
40	(1)  All courts created by Art. V of the State Constitution
41	shall, in addition to any fine or other penalty, require every
42	person convicted for violation of a state penal or criminal
43	statute or convicted for violation of a municipal or county
44	ordinance to pay $5 $3 as a court cost. Any person whose
45	adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of s.
46	318.14(9) or (10) shall also be liable for payment of such cost.
47	In addition, $5 $3 from every bond estreature or forfeited bail
48	bond related to such penal statutes or penal ordinances shall be
49	remitted to the Department of Revenue as described in this
50	subsection. However, no such assessment may be made against any
51	person convicted for violation of any state statute, municipal
52	ordinance, or county ordinance relating to the parking of
53	vehicles.
54	(a)  All costs collected by the courts pursuant to this
55	subsection shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue in
56	accordance with administrative rules adopted by the executive
57	director of the Department of Revenue for deposit in the
58	Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund. These funds and the
59	funds deposited in the Additional Court Cost Clearing Trust Fund
60	pursuant to s. 318.21(2)(c) shall be distributed as follows:
61	1.  Ninety-five and two-tenths Ninety-two percent to the
62	Department of Law Enforcement Criminal Justice Standards and
63	Training Trust Fund.
64	2.  Three and eight-tenths Six and three-tenths percent to
65	the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for the
66	Criminal Justice Grant Program.
67	3.  One and seven-tenths percent to the Department of
68	Children and Family Services Domestic Violence Trust Fund for
69	the domestic violence program pursuant to s. 39.903(3).
70	(b)  All funds in the Department of Law Enforcement
71	Criminal Justice Standards and Training Trust Fund shall be
72	disbursed only in compliance with s. 943.25(9).
73	Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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