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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to disposition of civil penalties; | ||
| 3 | amending s. 318.21, F.S.; requiring use of civil penalties | ||
| 4 | to fund local law enforcement automation under certain | ||
| 5 | circumstances; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 318.21, Florida | ||
| 10 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 11 | 318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county courts.-- | ||
| 12 | All civil penalties received by a county court pursuant to the | ||
| 13 | provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid monthly | ||
| 14 | as follows: | ||
| 15 | (9) Twelve dollars and fifty cents from each moving | ||
| 16 | traffic violation must be used by the county to fund that | ||
| 17 | county's participation in an intergovernmental radio | ||
| 18 | communication program approved by the Department of Management | ||
| 19 | Services. If the county is not participating in such a program, | ||
| 20 | funds collected must be used to fund local law enforcement | ||
| 21 | automation and must be distributed to the municipality or | ||
| 22 | special improvement district in which the violation occurred or | ||
| 23 | to the county if the violation occurred within the | ||
| 24 | unincorporated area of the county. If a municipality within the | ||
| 25 | county maintains an independent 800-megahertz radio | ||
| 26 | communication program that can communicate with the county's | ||
| 27 | system or if the mutual aid channels are compatible, funds | ||
| 28 | collected from violations that occur within the territorial | ||
| 29 | jurisdiction of that municipality must be used to fund local law | ||
| 30 | enforcement automation and must be distributed to that | ||
| 31 | municipality. | ||
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||