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 Hernando County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 11. COURTS

  § 11-4. Additional court costs in criminal cases.  

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  • (a)

    Pursuant to section 939.185, Florida Statutes, an additional court cost of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) shall be imposed by the court when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere, or is convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for, any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act or criminal traffic offense under Florida Statutes. Funds received from the additional court cost shall be distributed as follows:

    (1)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund innovations, as determined by the chief judge of the circuit, to supplement state funding for the elements of the state courts system identified in F.S. §§ 29.004 and 29.008(2)(a)2.

    (2)

    Twenty-five (25) percent shall be remitted to the board of county commissioners to fund legal aid programs in Hernando County.

    (3)

    Twenty-five (25) percent shall be remitted to the board of county commissioners to fund law libraries in Hernando County.

    (4)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be used as determined by the board of county commissioners to support teen court programs, except as provided in F.S. § 938.19(7), juvenile assessment centers, and other juvenile alternative programs.

    (b)

    The funds collected pursuant to subsections (a)(2), (3), and (4) above shall be expended as provided by the board of county commissioners. The funds collected pursuant to subsection (a)(1) above shall be expended as provided by the chief judge of the circuit. Funds unspent at the close of the county's fiscal year shall be allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) above.

    (c)

    The court shall order payment of these additional court costs in all matters subject to this section but may defer payment if the person against whom the cost is imposed is indigent.

(Ord. No. 2004-08, § 3, 6-22-04; Ord. No. 2005-08, § 2, 7-26-05; Ord. No. 2007-13, § 2, 8-14-07; Ord. No. 2010-16, § 1, 8-10-10)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2004-08, § 1, adopted June 22, 2004, repealed the former § 11-4 which pertained to court facility charge and derived from Ord. No. 92-19, §§ 1, 2, adopted Dec. 8, 1992. Section 3 of said ordinance did not specifically amend the Code, therefore inclusion as § 11-4 was at the editor's discretion.