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 Sumter County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 7. COURTS

  § 7-8. Court costs for teen court funding.

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  • (a)

    Pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 938.19, a sum of three dollars ($3.00) shall be assessed as a court cost in the circuit and county court in Sumter County against each person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, regardless of adjudication, or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of criminal law, a delinquent act, or a municipal or county ordinance, or who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of F.S. Ch. 316. Any person whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to F.S. § 318.14(9) or 318.14(10), shall also be assessed the cost.

    (b)

    The assessment for court costs provided in this section 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 a municipality in the county, or by the county, in accordance with F.S. §§ 316.660 and 318.21.

    (c)

    The assessment shall be specifically added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of F.S. Ch. 316, 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.

    (d)

    Pursuant to F.S. § 938.19(1), assessments collected by the clerk of the circuit court under this section shall be deposited into an account specifically for the operation and administration of the Sumter County Teen Court Program. Pursuant to F.S. § 938.19(4), the clerk of the circuit court shall collect the assessments provided for in this section and shall remit same to the teen court program monthly, but shall, prior to doing so withhold five (5) percent of the assessment collected as fee income of the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

    (e)

    The entity, agency or official charged with the operation of the Sumter County Teen Court Program must annually account for all program funds received under this section in a written report to the board of county commissioners by a date established by the financial management director.

(Ord. No. 2008-11, § 1, 3-25-08; Ord. No. 2018-12, § 3, 4-24-18)