§ 14-29. Establishment and purpose of county drug abuse trust fund account.

(a)

All funds received from the clerk of the circuit court as payment of a penalty assessment additional to fine, pursuant to F.S. § 893.16, shall be deposited in a separate revenue account, which is hereby created and designated as the "county drug abuse trust fund account," hereinafter referred to as "trust fund."

(b)

The clerk of the circuit court shall make a full and complete report, monthly, of the amounts of assessments imposed during each month by those courts located in the county to whom the clerk is responsible and such report shall be filed in timely fashion with the county comptroller.

(c)

The clerk of the circuit court shall deposit with the county comptroller for payment into the trust fund all assessments received by the clerk of the circuit court during the previous month. Such deposit shall be made concurrently with the filing of the report mentioned immediately hereinabove.

(d)

All funds disbursed from the trust fund shall be disbursed as assistance grants or appropriations through the county budget procedure. The sole purpose for which such assistance grants or appropriations may be made by the board of county commissioners and for which such assistance grants or appropriations may be expended by the recipients is for the operation of drug abuse treatment programs or drug abuse education programs sponsored by the grant recipients or carried out by the various divisions of the county government.

(Code 1965, § 22-104; Ord. No. 89-5, § 4, 4-3-89)