Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 526
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (King) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 938.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         938.10 Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain
    8  crimes against minors.—
    9         (1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is
   10  found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against
   11  a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s.
   12  796.03, s. 796.035, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.012, s.
   13  847.0133, s. 847.0135(5), s. 847.0138, s. 847.0145, s.
   14  893.147(3), or s. 985.701, or any offense in violation of s.
   15  775.21, s. 823.07, s. 847.0125, s. 847.0134, or s. 943.0435, the
   16  court shall impose a court cost of $151 $101 against the
   17  offender in addition to any other cost or penalty required by
   18  law.
   19         (2) Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer $100
   20  the proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum collected
   21  which the clerk shall retain as a service charge, to the
   22  Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of
   23  Children and Family Services’ Grants and Donations Trust Fund
   24  for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy
   25  Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children’s advocacy
   26  centers that are members of the network. Of the remaining amount
   27  of the court cost collected, $40 shall be deposited into the
   28  State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $5 shall be deposited into the
   29  State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund, and $5 shall be deposited
   30  into the Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund. The clerk shall
   31  retain $1 from each sum collected as a service charge.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   38  and insert:
   39                        A bill to be entitled                      
   40         An act relating to court costs; amending s. 938.10,
   41         F.S.; expanding the list of provisions of law for
   42         which a court is required to impose an additional
   43         court cost for certain pleadings or findings relating
   44         to offenses against a minor and certain other
   45         offenses; increasing the amount of the court cost;
   46         allocating certain portions of the court cost to
   47         certain trust funds; providing an effective date.