§ 2-206. County delinquency prevention fines.

(a)

Intent. The county intends to further the goals of the Youth Protection Interagency Partnership Agreement entered into by the Department of Juvenile Justice, District 14, and the sheriff of Polk County by adopting a mandatory cost in specific cases in accordance with section 775.0833, Florida Statutes, which allows for county delinquency prevention fines.

(b)

Assessment of costs. The court shall assess a cost of three dollars ($3.00) per case in addition to any other authorized cost or fine on every person who, with respect to a charge, indictment prosecution commenced, or petition of delinquency filed in that county or circuit court, pleads guilty, nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for, or has an adjudication withheld for, a felony or misdemeanor, or a criminal traffic offense or handicapped parking violation under state law, or a violation of any municipal or county ordinance, if the violation constitutes a misdemeanor under state law.

(c)

Collection and deposit of assessments. The clerks of the county and circuit court shall collect and deposit the assessments collected pursuant to this section in an appropriate, designated account established by the clerk of the court, for disbursement to the sheriff as needed for the implementation and operation of an assessment center or suspension program.

(d)

Costs of administering assessments. The clerk of the circuit and county court shall withhold five (5) per cent of the assessments each court collects for the costs of administering the collection of the assessments under this section.

(e)

Incorporation of Section 775.0833, Florida Statutes. The provisions of Section 775.0833, Florida Statutes, are incorporated into this section by this reference.

(Ord. No. 97-21, §§ 1—5, 7-29-97)

Editor's note

Being not specifically amendatory of the Code, the provisions of §§ 1—5 of Ord. No. 97-21, adopted July 29, 1997, have been included herein as § 2-206 at the editor's discretion.