Florida Senate - 2009                              CS for SB 526
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       591-02679-09                                           2009526c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to court costs; amending s. 938.10,
    3         F.S.; expanding the list of provisions of law for
    4         which a court is required to impose an additional
    5         court cost for certain pleadings or findings relating
    6         to offenses against a minor and certain other
    7         offenses; increasing the amount of the court cost;
    8         allocating certain portions of the court cost to
    9         certain trust funds; providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 938.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         938.10 Additional court cost imposed in cases of certain
   16  crimes against minors.—
   17         (1) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is
   18  found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense against
   19  a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787, chapter 794, s.
   20  796.03, s. 796.035, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.012, s.
   21  847.0133, s. 847.0135(5), s. 847.0138, s. 847.0145, s.
   22  893.147(3), or s. 985.701, or any offense in violation of s.
   23  775.21, s. 823.07, s. 847.0125, s. 847.0134, or s. 943.0435, the
   24  court shall impose a court cost of $151 $101 against the
   25  offender in addition to any other cost or penalty required by
   26  law.
   27         (2) Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer $100
   28  the proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum collected
   29  which the clerk shall retain as a service charge, to the
   30  Department of Revenue for deposit into the Department of
   31  Children and Family Services’ Grants and Donations Trust Fund
   32  for disbursement to the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy
   33  Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding children’s advocacy
   34  centers that are members of the network. Of the remaining amount
   35  of the court cost collected, $40 shall be deposited into the
   36  State Courts Revenue Trust Fund, $5 shall be deposited into the
   37  State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund, and $5 shall be deposited
   38  into the Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund. The clerk shall
   39  retain $1 from each sum collected as a service charge.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.