§ 11-5. Surcharge in non-criminal and criminal traffic cases.

(a)

Pursuant to F.S. § 318.18(13)(a), every person who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of a non-criminal traffic infraction pursuant to F.S. ch. 318, and every person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or is convicted, regardless of adjudication, of a violation of a non-criminal traffic infraction or a criminal violation listed in F.S. § 318.17 shall be assessed a surcharge of thirty dollars ($30.00). A non-criminal traffic infraction is defined in F.S. § 318.14(1).

(b)

The court shall order payment of this additional court cost in all matters subject to this section, and the clerk of court shall add this surcharge to all payments of fines or civil penalties for any violation of a non-criminal traffic infraction or a criminal violation listed in F.S. § 318.17.

(c)

The funds collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the board of county commissioners to be used to fund state court facilities.

(Ord. No. 2004-07, § 1, 6-22-04; Ord. No. 2011-2, § I, 1-11-11)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2004-08, § 1, adopted June 22, 2004, repealed the former § 11-5 which pertained to teen court cost assessment and derived from Ord. No. 96-18, §§ 1, 2, adopted Aug. 20, 1996. Section 1 of Ord. No. 2004-07, adopted June 22, 2004, did not specifically amend the Code, therefore inclusion as § 11-5 was at the editor's discretion.