Senate Bill sb1056c2

    Florida Senate - 2003                    CS for CS for SB 1056

    By the Committees on Appropriations; Children and Families;
    and Senators Smith and Lynn




    309-2325-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to crimes against children;

  3         creating s. 938.10, F.S.; imposing an

  4         additional court cost against persons who plead

  5         guilty or nolo contendere to, or who are found

  6         guilty of, certain crimes against minors;

  7         requiring the clerk of the court to deposit the

  8         proceeds of the court cost into the State

  9         Treasury for deposit into a specified trust

10         fund to be used to fund children's advocacy

11         centers; requiring the clerk of the court to

12         retain a portion of the court cost as a service

13         charge; requiring annual reports; requiring a

14         report to the Legislature; providing an

15         appropriation; providing an effective date.

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17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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19         Section 1.  Section 938.10, Florida Statutes, is

20  created to read:

21         938.10  Additional court cost imposed in cases of

22  certain crimes against minors.--

23         (1)  If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to,

24  or is found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, any offense

25  against a minor in violation of s. 784.085, chapter 787,

26  chapter 794, s. 796.03, s. 800.04, chapter 827, s. 847.0145,

27  or s. 985.4045, the court shall impose a court cost of $101

28  against the offender in addition to any other cost or penalty

29  required by law.

30         (2)  Each month the clerk of the court shall transfer

31  the proceeds of the court cost, less $1 from each sum

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    Florida Senate - 2003                    CS for CS for SB 1056
    309-2325-03




 1  collected, which the clerk shall retain as a service charge,

 2  to the State Treasury for deposit into the Child Advocacy

 3  Trust Fund for disbursement to the Florida Network of

 4  Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., for the purpose of funding

 5  children's advocacy centers that are members of the network.

 6         (3)  At the end of each fiscal year each children's

 7  advocacy center receiving revenue from the Child Advocacy

 8  Trust Fund must provide a report to the Board of Directors of

 9  the Florida Network of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc.,

10  which reflects center expenditures, all sources of revenue

11  received, and outputs that have been standardized and agreed

12  upon by network members and the board of directors, such as

13  the number of clients served, client demographic information,

14  and number and types of services provided. The Florida Network

15  of Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc., must compile reports

16  from the centers and provide a report to the President of the

17  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in

18  August of each year beginning in 2004.

19         Section 2.  There is appropriated $600,000 from the

20  Child Advocacy Trust Fund, if created by law, in the

21  Department of Children and Family Services as a grant-in-aid

22  to the Florida Network for Children's Advocacy Centers, Inc.,

23  for fiscal year 2003-2004.

24         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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26          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
27                      Senate Bill CS/SB 1056

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29  Provides an appropriation from the Child Advocacy Trust Fund
    to the Florida Network for Children's Advocacy Centers.
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