§ 11-6. Teen court costs.

(a)

Pursuant to section 938.19, Florida Statutes, a sum of three dollars ($3.00) shall be imposed by the court as an additional court cost when a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere, or is convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent, for any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act or a violation of municipal or county ordinance or criminal traffic offense under chapter 316, Florida Statutes. Any person whose adjudication is withheld under section 318.14(9) or section 318.14(10), Florida Statutes, shall also be assessed the cost.

(b)

The three-dollar assessment for court costs shall be assessed in addition to any fine or civil penalty or other court cost and may not be deducted from the proceeds of that portion of any fine or civil penalty that is received by the county in accordance with section 316.660 and section 318.21, Florida Statutes. The three-dollar assessment shall be specifically added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of chapter 316, Florida Statutes, regardless of whether the penalty is paid by mail, paid in person without request for a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court. However, the assessment may not be made against a person for a violation of any state law or municipal or county ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles, with the exception of a violation of the handicapped parking laws.

(c)

The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the assessments for court costs established in this section and shall remit the assessments to the teen court monthly. The assessments may be used by the teen court solely for the operation and administration of the teen court. The clerk of the circuit court shall withhold five (5) percent of the assessments collected, which shall be retained as fee income of the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

(d)

The teen court must account for all funds received under this section in a written report to the board of county commissioners. The report must be given to the commissioners by August 1 of each year or such other date as the commission may so designate.

(e)

The teen court may be administered by a nonprofit organization, a law enforcement agency, the court administrator, the clerk of the circuit court, or another similar agency authorized by the board of county commissioners.

(Ord. No. 2005-08, § 1, 7-26-05; Ord. No. 2007-13, § 1, 8-14-07)