| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to court costs; amending s. 938.10, F.S.; |
| 3 | expanding the list of provisions of law for which a court |
| 4 | is required to impose an additional court cost for certain |
| 5 | pleadings or findings relating to offenses against a minor |
| 6 | and certain other offenses; increasing the amount of the |
| 7 | court cost; allocating certain portions of the court cost |
| 8 | to certain trust funds; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 938.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 13 | read: |
| 14 | 938.10 Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain |
| 15 | crimes against minors.-- |
| 16 | (1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is |
| 17 | found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against |
| 18 | a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s. |
| 19 | 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.012, s. |
| 20 | 847.0133, s. 847.0135(5), s. 847.0138, s. 847.0145, s. |
| 21 | 893.147(3), or s. 985.701, or any offense in violation of s. |
| 22 | 775.21, s. 823.07, s. 847.0125, s. 847.0134, or s. 943.0435, the |
| 23 | court shall impose a court cost of $151 $101 against the |
| 24 | offender in addition to any other cost or penalty required by |
| 25 | law. |
| 26 | (2) Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer $100 |
| 27 | the proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum collected |
| 28 | which the clerk shall retain as a service charge, to the |
| 29 | Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of |
| 30 | Children and Family Services' Grants and Donations Trust Fund |
| 31 | for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy |
| 32 | Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children's advocacy |
| 33 | centers that are members of the network. Of the remaining amount |
| 34 | of the court cost collected, $40 shall be deposited into the |
| 35 | State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $5 shall be deposited into the |
| 36 | State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund, and $5 shall be deposited |
| 37 | into the Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund. The clerk shall |
| 38 | retain $1 from each sum collected as a service charge. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |