§ 46-27. Assessment for criminal education programs.

(a)

There is hereby assessed by the county, court costs in the amount of $2.00, in addition to any fine or any other penalty, against every person convicted for violation of a state penal or criminal statute or convicted for violation of a municipal or county ordinance, and from every bond estreature or forfeited bail bond related to such penal statutes or penal ordinances when the violation of the state penal or criminal statute or county ordinance occurred in the unincorporated area of the county and when the violation of a state penal or criminal statute or the conviction for violation of a state penal or criminal statute or municipal or county ordinance is established as a result of enforcement by the county sheriff's department. No such assessment shall be made against any person convicted for violation of any state statute, municipal ordinance or county ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles.

(b)

The court costs assessed in subsection (a) of this section shall be collected by the courts and remitted to the board of county commissioners for expenditures for criminal justice education degree programs and training courses, including basic recruit training, for officers and support personnel of the county sheriff's department, as authorized by law.

(Ord. No. 86-46, §§ 1, 2, 6-24-86)

State law reference

Authority for above fee, F.S. § 943.25(13).

Cross reference

Law enforcement, ch. 74; additional assessment of certain traffic offenses to fund police standards council, § 74-35.