§ 1-6-10. Court costs assessment for the operation of teen court.

(a)

Pursuant to section 39.019, Florida Statutes, (hereinafter "section 39.019") the provisions of which all specifically incorporated herein by this reference, the county hereby assesses a cost for specific cases as stated in section 39.019, and this section.

(b)

Assessments collected by the clerk of the circuit court pursuant to this section shall be deposited into an account specifically for the operation and administration of the teen court in the county.

(c)

Assessment of the costs referred to in paragraph (a) hereof shall be as follows:

(1)

A sum of three dollars ($3.00) shall be assessed as a court cost by both the circuit court and the county court in the county against every person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, regardless of adjudication, a violation of a state criminal statute or a municipal ordinance or county ordinance or who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of chapter 316, Florida Statutes. Any person whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of sections 318.14(9) or (10), Florida Statutes, shall also be assessed such cost. The three dollar ($3.00) assessment for court costs shall be assessed in addition to any fine, civil penalty, or other court cost and shall not be deducted from the proceeds of that portion of any fine or civil penalty which is received by a municipality in the county or by the county in accordance with sections 316.660 and 318.21, Florida Statutes. The three dollar ($3.00) assessment shall specifically be added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of chapter 316, Florida Statutes, whether such penalty is paid by mail, paid in person without request for a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court. However, the three dollar ($3.00) assessment shall not be made against a person for a violation of any state statutes, county ordinance, or municipal ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles, with the exception of a violation of the handicapped parking laws. The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the respective three dollar ($3.00) assessment for court costs established in this subsection and shall remit the same to the teen court account monthly, less five (5) percent, which is to be retained as fee income of the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

(2)

Such other money has become available for establishing and operating teen courts under the provision of Florida Law.

Editor's note

Ord. No. 97-093, §§ 1—3, adopted Sept. 30, 1997, enacted provisions, which pertained to a court cost assessment, did not specify manner of inclusion in the Code; hence, § 97-093, §§ 1—3, has been designated by the editor as § 1-6-10.