§ 14-8. Crime prevention fund.

(a)

Findings. The board of county commissioners (the "board") hereby makes the following findings of fact:

(1)

Counties are authorized by F.S. § 775.083 to adopt ordinances imposing additional fines upon criminal offenders to provide funding for (i) crime prevention programs in the county and (ii) safe neighborhood improvement district designated under F.S. §§ 163.501 through 163.523.

(2)

The provision of funding for safe neighborhood improvement districts under F.S. §§ 163.501 through 163.523 and crime prevention programs in the county is in the public interest of the residents of the county.

(b)

Authority. This section is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to the board in F.S. § 775.083.

(c)

Imposition of fines. Pursuant to F.S. § 775.083, the board hereby imposes, in addition to any other fine, penalty, or cost imposed by any other provision of law, a fine upon any person who, with respect to a charge, indictment, or prosecution commenced in the county, pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for, a felony, a misdemeanor, or a criminal traffic offense under state law, or a violation of any municipal or county ordinance if the violation constitutes a misdemeanor under state law. The fine shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) for a felony and twenty dollars ($20.00) for any other offense. The fine shall be imposed by the court in accordance with the provisions of F.S. § 775.083.

(d)

Collection of fine; administrative fee. The clerk of the court shall collect and deposit the fines in the appropriate county account for disbursement in accordance with the provisions of this section. The clerk of the court will retain an administrative fee of five (5) percent of each fine collected to provide for, maintain and operate the circuit and county courts.

(e)

Disbursement of funds. The funds collected from fines imposed by this section shall be accounted for and retained in a separate county special revenue fund designated as the "crime prevention fund." Such funds shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of F.S. § 775.083, and the provisions of this section. The board, in consultation with the county sheriff, shall expend such funds for the costs of collecting the fines, safe neighborhood improvement districts, and crime prevention programs in the county.

(f)

Allocation of funds. The funds collected from the fines imposed by this section shall annually be allocated by the board to crime prevention programs in the county and safe neighborhood improvement districts in the county. Beginning January 1, 2012, and continuing for the ensuing ten-year period, the board shall reserve annually the first two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) of crime prevention funds collected pursuant to this section, for equal allocation to the Orange Blossom Trail Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District and the Pine Hills Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District, prior to any other allocation of crime prevention funds. Following such allocation of funds to the Orange Blossom Trail Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District and the Pine Hills Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District, the board shall allocate the remaining crime prevention funds to any other safe neighborhood improvement district in the county, the Orange Blossom Trail Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District, the Pine Hills Local Government Neighborhood Improvement District and/or, crime prevention programs throughout Orange County. At the expiration of each annual period within the ten-year period, any allocated funds which have not been disbursed shall be returned to the crime prevention fund established by this section. Upon expiration of the ten-year period described above, the board, in consultation with the Sheriff, shall allocate and disburse such crime prevention funds to any crime prevention programs in the county and safe neighborhood improvement districts in the county, as the board deems appropriate, in accordance with F.S. § 775.083. Priority funding will be given to those crime prevention programs and safe neighborhood improvement districts that benefit targeted areas and/or address elimination of specific criminal activity. Crime prevention activities may include, but are not limited to, those activities described in F.S. § 163.513(5).

(g)

Annual budget. Prior to receipt of funds, any safe neighborhood improvement district in the county or crime prevention program in the county must submit an annual budget to the county office of management and budget upon the date set by the county office of management and budget.

(Ord. No. 98-01, §§ 2—8, 1-13-98; Ord. No. 2002-02, § 2, 1-15-02; Ord. No. 2011-22 , § 1, 12-20-11)