Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1264
       
       
        
       By Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01291-18                                           20181264__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to mandatory court costs; amending s.
    3         938.27, F.S.; increasing the minimum amount of costs
    4         charged per case by state attorneys; reenacting s.
    5         985.032, F.S., relating to the legal representation
    6         for delinquency cases, to incorporate the amendment
    7         made to s. 938.27, F.S., in a reference thereto;
    8         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. Subsection (8) of section 938.27, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         938.27 Judgment for costs of prosecution and
   15  investigation.—
   16         (8) Costs for the state attorney must be set in all cases
   17  at no less than $100 $50 per case when a misdemeanor or criminal
   18  traffic offense is charged and no less than $200 $100 per case
   19  when a felony offense is charged, including a proceeding in
   20  which the underlying offense is a violation of probation or
   21  community control. The court may set a higher amount upon a
   22  showing of sufficient proof of higher costs incurred. Costs
   23  recovered on behalf of the state attorney under this section
   24  must be deposited into the State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund to
   25  be used during the fiscal year in which the funds are collected,
   26  or in any subsequent fiscal year, for actual expenses incurred
   27  in investigating and prosecuting criminal cases, which may
   28  include the salaries of permanent employees, or for any other
   29  purpose authorized by the Legislature.
   30         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   31  made by this act to section 938.27, Florida Statutes, in a
   32  reference thereto, section 985.032, Florida Statutes, is
   33  reenacted to read:
   34         985.032 Legal representation for delinquency cases.—
   35         (1) For cases arising under this chapter, the state
   36  attorney shall represent the state.
   37         (2) A juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent or has
   38  adjudication of delinquency withheld shall be assessed costs of
   39  prosecution as provided in s. 938.27.
   40         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.