Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 338
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       22-00139B-16                                           2016338__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fines and forfeitures; amending s.
    3         316.660, F.S.; requiring a county or municipality that
    4         receives more than a specified percentage of its total
    5         annual revenue for the prior fiscal year from fines
    6         and forfeitures collected from traffic citations to
    7         remit such excess revenue to the Department of Revenue
    8         for deposit into the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund;
    9         amending s. 932.7055, F.S.; prohibiting certain
   10         proceeds deposited into a designated special law
   11         enforcement trust fund by a county or municipal agency
   12         from exceeding a specified percentage of the total
   13         annual revenue for the prior fiscal year of the county
   14         or municipality that oversees the agency; requiring
   15         the agency to remit excess proceeds to the Department
   16         of Revenue for deposit into the Crimes Compensation
   17         Trust Fund; providing an effective date.
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   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 316.660,
   22  Florida Statutes, to read:
   23         316.660 Disposition of fines and forfeitures collected for
   24  violations; reporting requirement.—
   25         (3) A county or municipality that receives more than 5
   26  percent of its total annual revenue for the prior fiscal year
   27  from fines and forfeitures collected from traffic citations
   28  shall remit any revenue in excess of that amount to the
   29  Department of Revenue for deposit into the Crimes Compensation
   30  Trust Fund.
   31         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   32  932.7055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         932.7055 Disposition of liens and forfeited property.—
   34         (5)(a)1. If the seizing agency is a county or municipal
   35  agency, the remaining proceeds shall be deposited into in a
   36  special law enforcement trust fund established by the board of
   37  county commissioners or the governing body of the municipality.
   38  Such proceeds and interest earned therefrom shall be used for
   39  school resource officer, crime prevention, safe neighborhood,
   40  drug abuse education and prevention programs, or for other law
   41  enforcement purposes, which include defraying the cost of
   42  protracted or complex investigations, providing additional
   43  equipment or expertise, purchasing automated external
   44  defibrillators for use in law enforcement vehicles, and
   45  providing matching funds to obtain federal grants. The proceeds
   46  and interest may not be used to meet normal operating expenses
   47  of the law enforcement agency.
   48         2. The amount of the remaining proceeds deposited into the
   49  designated special law enforcement trust fund by each county or
   50  municipal agency may not exceed 5 percent of the total annual
   51  revenue for the prior fiscal year of the county or municipality
   52  that oversees the agency. The agency shall remit any excess
   53  proceeds to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the
   54  Crimes Compensation Trust Fund.
   55         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.