§ 8-11. Teen court fee authority; purpose; amount; assessment; collection; disbursement; receipt of other court costs.

(a)

Notwithstanding F.S. § 318.121, this section is enacted pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 938.19, as amended and renumbered from time to time, and incorporated herein by reference, for the purpose of establishing a mandatory court cost in the circuit and county court of this county to be assessed and deposited into an account specifically for the operation and administration of teen court. Teen court may be administered by a nonprofit organization, a law enforcement agency, the court administrator, the clerk of the court, or another similar agency authorized by the board.

(b)

A sum of three dollars ($3.00) shall be assessed as a court cost in the circuit and county court pursuant to F.S. § 938.19(2), as amended and renumbered from time to time.

(c)

The court cost shall be assessed in addition to any fine or civil penalty or other court cost as provided by F.S. § 938.19(3), as amended and renumbered from time to time.

(d)

The clerk of circuit court shall collect, withhold a percentage, and remit the assessments for court costs to the county as provided in F.S. § 938.19(4)(a) and (b), as amended and renumbered from time to time.

(e)

Upon the effective date of this ordinance, teen court may not receive court costs collected under F.S. § 939.185(1)(a)4, which was adopted by the board pursuant to Ordinance 04-24.

(Ord. No. 96-33, § 1, 12-23-96; Ord. No. 02-39, § 1, 12-16-02; Ord. No. 05-24, § 1, 7-25-05)