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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 14. COURTS AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
 Article I. IN GENERAL

§ 14-1. Additional court costs in criminal proceedings.  

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  • (a)

    Authority to enact; purpose. This section is enacted pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 939.185, for the purpose of establishing an additional court cost of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) and to allocate the monies collected in accordance with this section.

    (b)

    Collection and allocation of funds. A court cost of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) is hereby imposed upon any conviction, plea of nolo contendere or finding of guilt, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, for each felony, misdemeanor or criminal traffic offense. The clerk of court shall collect the sixty-five dollar ($65.00) court cost established in this section and shall remit it directly to the board of county commissioners. Accordingly, four (4) special revenue funds shall be established to account for each proportionate share of the proceeds that are legally designated to finance the particular functions or activities of the sixty-five dollar ($65.00) court cost. All court costs collected shall be allocated as follows:

    (1)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund innovations to supplement state funding for the elements of the state courts system identified in F.S. § 29.004, and county funding for local requirements under F.S. § 29.008(2)(a)2, as these sections may be amended from time to time;

    (2)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to provide legal aid programs;

    (3)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be allocated to fund personnel and legal materials for the public as part of a law library; and

    (4)

    Twenty-five (25) percent of the amount collected shall be allocated for use, as determined by the board of county commissioners, to support teen court programs, juvenile assessment centers, and other juvenile alternative programs.

    (c)

    Costs cumulative to other court costs. All amounts set forth in this section shall be in addition to any other court costs, service charges or fees provided by general or special law. The court shall not waive the court cost imposed under this section.

(Code 1965, § 8-14; Ord. No. 79-19, §§ 1—3, 5, 8-14-79; Ord. No. 80-16, § 1, 10-6-80; Ord. No. 81-2, §§ 1, 2, 1-15-81; Ord. No. 81-23, § 1, 11-17-81; Ord. No. 82-20, § 2, 9-28-82; Ord. No. 85-26, §§ 2, 3, 9-9-85; Ord. No. 86-23, § 1, 10-6-86; Ord. No. 92-27, § 2, 9-22-92; Ord. No. 93-15, § 1, 6-8-93; Ord. No. 94-1, § 1, 1-4-94; Ord. No. 96-16, § 1, 5-21-96; Ord. No. 97-02, § 2, 2-25-97; Ord. No. 2003-09, § 2, 6-10-03; Ord. No. 2004-09, § 2, 6-15-04)