§ 8-15. Additional court cost for criminal traffic offenses.

(a)

Cost and uses. Pursuant to F.S. § 939.185(1)(a), the board hereby authorizes an additional court cost of sixty-five dollars ($65.00), to be imposed by the court when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, any felony, misdemeanor, or criminal traffic offense under the laws of this state. The court shall order a person to pay the additional court cost. The cost shall be allocated as follows:

(1)

Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected to fund innovations to supplement state funding for the elements of the state court system identified in F.S. § 29.004, and county funding for local requirements under F.S. § 29.008(2)(a)2.

(2)

Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected to fund county legal aid programs required under F.S. § 29.008(3)(a).

(3)

Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected to fund personnel and legal materials for the public as part of a law library.

(4)

Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected as determined by the board to fund teen court programs, juvenile assessment centers, and other juvenile alternative programs.

(b)

Unspent funds. Any unspent funds at the close of the county fiscal year allocated pursuant to subsections (2)—(4), above, shall be transferred for use pursuant to subsection (a)(1) above.

(c)

Collection by clerk of circuit court; subordination. The clerk of circuit court is authorized to collect the costs on behalf of the board and the disbursement of these costs shall be subordinate in priority order of disbursement to all other state-imposed costs authorized in F.S. ch. 939, restitution or other compensation to victims, and child support payments. If the person is determined to be indigent, the clerk shall defer payment of this cost.

(d)

Quarterly reports. The county shall report the amount of funds collected pursuant to this section and an itemized list of expenditures for all authorized programs and activities. The report shall be submitted in a format developed by the supreme court to the governor, the chief financial officer, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives on a quarterly basis beginning with the quarter ending September 30, 2004. Quarterly reports shall be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the end of the quarter.

(Ord. No. 04-24, §§ 1—4, 6-21-04)