§ 1-17. Mandatory costs assessed for teen court.

(a)

Pursuant to the authority granted to the county by Section 775.0833, Florida Statutes, a sum of $3.00 shall be assessed as a cost by both the circuit 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 a county ordinance or who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes.

(b)

Any person whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of Section 318.14(9) or (10), Florida Statutes, shall also be assessed such cost.

(c)

The $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 from 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).

(d)

The $3.00 assessment shall be specifically 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 of a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court.

(e)

The $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.

(f)

The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the respective $3.00 assessments for court costs and shall deposit the same in the teen court account monthly, less five percent, which is to be retained as a fee income of the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

(Ord. No. 00-01, § 1, 2-1-00)