| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to rape crisis programs; amending ss. |
| 3 | 794.056 and 938.085, F.S.; requiring that an additional |
| 4 | court cost or surcharge be assessed against a defendant |
| 5 | who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found |
| 6 | guilty of, regardless of adjudication, certain specified |
| 7 | criminal offenses; providing for proceeds of the |
| 8 | additional court cost or surcharge to be deposited into |
| 9 | the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund; reenacting s. |
| 10 | 20.435(21)(a), F.S., relating to the Rape Crisis Program |
| 11 | Trust Fund, to incorporate the amendments made to s. |
| 12 | 794.056, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s. |
| 13 | 794.055(3)(b), F.S., relating to access to services for |
| 14 | victims of sexual battery, to incorporate the amendments |
| 15 | made to s. 938.085, F.S., in a reference thereto; |
| 16 | providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Section 794.056, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 21 | to read: |
| 22 | 794.056 Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.-- |
| 23 | (1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within |
| 24 | the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for |
| 25 | rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys shall be |
| 26 | used exclusively for the purpose of providing services for |
| 27 | victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the trust fund |
| 28 | consist of those funds collected as an additional court |
| 29 | assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads guilty or |
| 30 | nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of |
| 31 | adjudication, an offense defined in s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s. |
| 32 | 784.021, s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. |
| 33 | 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. |
| 34 | 784.085, s. 787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s. |
| 35 | 794.05, s. 794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, |
| 36 | s. 796.05, s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s. |
| 37 | 810.14, s. 810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s. |
| 38 | 825.1025, s. 836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145, |
| 39 | or s. 943.0435. Funds credited to the trust fund also shall |
| 40 | include revenues provided by law, moneys appropriated by the |
| 41 | Legislature, and grants from public or private entities. |
| 42 | (2) The Department of Health shall establish by rule |
| 43 | criteria consistent with the provisions of s. 794.055(3)(a) for |
| 44 | distributing moneys from the trust fund to rape crisis centers. |
| 45 | Section 2. Section 938.085, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 46 | to read: |
| 47 | 938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.--In |
| 48 | addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or |
| 49 | nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of |
| 50 | adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s. 784.021, |
| 51 | s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. |
| 52 | 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, s. |
| 53 | 787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. |
| 54 | 794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, s. 796.05, |
| 55 | s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s. 810.14, s. |
| 56 | 810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s. 825.1025, s. |
| 57 | 836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145, or s. |
| 58 | 943.0435, the court shall impose a surcharge of $151. Payment of |
| 59 | the surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community |
| 60 | control, or any other court-ordered supervision. The sum of $150 |
| 61 | of the surcharge shall be deposited into the Rape Crisis Program |
| 62 | Trust Fund established within the Department of Health by |
| 63 | chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The clerk of the court shall |
| 64 | retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects |
| 65 | as a service charge of the clerk's office. |
| 66 | Section 3. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 67 | made by this act to section 794.056, Florida Statutes, in a |
| 68 | reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (21) of section |
| 69 | 20.435, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: |
| 70 | 20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.--The following |
| 71 | trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Health: |
| 72 | (21) Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund. |
| 73 | (a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund |
| 74 | shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of s. |
| 75 | 794.056. |
| 76 | Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment |
| 77 | made by this act to section 938.085, Florida Statutes, in a |
| 78 | reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 79 | 794.055, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: |
| 80 | 794.055 Access to services for victims of sexual |
| 81 | battery.-- |
| 82 | (3) |
| 83 | (b) Funds received under s. 938.085 shall be used to |
| 84 | provide sexual battery recovery services to victims and their |
| 85 | families. Funds shall be distributed to rape crisis centers |
| 86 | based on an allocation formula that takes into account the |
| 87 | population and rural characteristics of each county. No more |
| 88 | than 15 percent of the funds shall be used by the statewide |
| 89 | nonprofit association for statewide initiatives. No more than 5 |
| 90 | percent of the funds may be used by the department for |
| 91 | administrative costs. |
| 92 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |