§ 35-5. Administrative fees.

Administrative fees as set forth below are established for purposes of funding the expenses involved in the operation of the civil traffic hearing officer program.

(1)

A two-dollar administrative fee shall be assessed by the county court to fund the costs of the civil traffic hearing officer program. The fee shall be assessed in addition to the costs and fines applied to all civil traffic infraction citations which are paid or elect driving improvement school, excluding those cases which are dismissed, adjudicated not guilty or those cases citing vehicle safety violations under F.S. § 316.2935 or F.S. § 316.610, in which the safety defects have been corrected and an affidavit of compliance executed by the law enforcement agency has been presented to the clerk within the thirty-day time period set forth under F.S. § 318.14(4). The clerk of the county court shall retain ten (10) percent of each administrative fee paid in order to cover administrative processing expenses.

(2)

A five-dollar administrative fee shall be assessed by the county court to fund hearing costs. The fee shall be assessed in addition to the costs and fines applied to all civil traffic infraction citations for which a hearing is requested, excluding those cases that are dismissed or adjudicated not guilty. The clerk of the county court shall retain ten (10) percent of each administrative fee paid in order to cover administrative processing expenses.

(3)

A ten-dollar administrative fee shall be assessed and retained by the clerk of the circuit and county courts to fund financial counselor costs. The fee shall be assessed in addition to the costs and fines applied to all county court proceedings in which a financial counselor is appointed to consult with the defendant to effect a payment plan for deferred payment of court imposed fines and/or costs.

(Ord. No. 95-17, § 3, 7-11-95)