Florida Senate - 2018                                    SB 1720
       
       
        
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       
       3-01333A-18                                           20181720__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to imposing bail fees for certain
    3         offenses for use by law enforcement in small counties;
    4         creating s. 938.075, F.S.; requiring the clerk of the
    5         court to collect a fee on the posting of bail for the
    6         violation of certain drug- and alcohol-related
    7         offenses; requiring the clerk of the court to remit
    8         the fees to the Department of Revenue; requiring the
    9         Department of Revenue to deposit the fees into a
   10         certain trust fund; requiring the Department of Law
   11         Enforcement to use moneys collected from the fees to
   12         provide grants to law enforcement agencies in counties
   13         of a certain size to conduct drug enforcement and
   14         related activities in those counties; providing an
   15         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 938.075, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         938.075 Bail surcharge in drug and alcohol cases; use by
   22  small counties.—
   23         (1) A fee of $10 is imposed on the granting of bail to a
   24  defendant charged with a violation of s. 316.193, s. 327.35, s.
   25  856.011, s. 856.015, or chapter 893. The clerk of the court
   26  shall collect the fee at the time that bail is posted under
   27  chapter 903 and remit it to the Department of Revenue. The
   28  Department of Revenue shall deposit the proceeds of the fee into
   29  the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund for the
   30  purposes specified in this section.
   31         (2) The Department of Law Enforcement shall use the fees
   32  collected under this section to provide grants to law
   33  enforcement agencies in counties with a population of 50,000 or
   34  fewer unincarcerated persons to conduct drug enforcement and
   35  related activities in those counties. Such activities may
   36  include, but are not limited to, paying the salaries of
   37  investigators, purchasing equipment and supplies, training law
   38  enforcement personnel and fire rescue personnel who are
   39  responsible for rendering aid to persons victimized by illegal
   40  drug trafficking and manufacturing, and the cleanup of sites
   41  where illegal drugs have been manufactured.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.