§ 10-5. Assessment of additional court costs for the operation and support of the teen court.

(a)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 938.19, Florida Statutes, the Board of County Commissioners adopts a mandatory court cost to be assessed as described in this section.

(b)

A sum of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be assessed as a court cost in the Circuit and County Court in Broward County against each person (i) who is convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere (no contest) to, violation of a criminal law, a delinquent act, or a municipal or county ordinance, regardless of whether adjudication, is withheld; (ii) who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law; or (iii) who is adjudicated delinquent. Any person whose adjudication is withheld under Section 318.14(9) or Section 318.14(10), Florida Statutes, shall also be assessed the cost.

(c)

The assessment for court costs shall be assessed in addition to any fine or civil penalty or other court cost and may not be deducted from the proceeds of that portion of any fine or civil penalty that is received by a municipality in Broward County or by Broward County in accordance with Sections 316.660 and 318.21, Florida Statutes. The assessment shall be specifically added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of Chapter 316, regardless of whether the penalty is paid by mail, paid in person without request for a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court. However, the assessment may not be made against a person for a violation of any state law or municipal or county ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles, with the exception of a violation of the handicapped parking laws.

(d)

The Broward County Clerk of Court ("Clerk") shall collect the assessment for court costs established in Section 938.19, Florida Statutes, and shall remit the assessments to the teen court monthly, and shall withhold five percent (5%) of the assessments collected, which shall be retained as fee income of the office of the Clerk.

(e)

The teen court must account for all funds received under Section 938.19, Florida Statutes, in a written report to the Board of County Commissioners ("Board"). The report must be given to the Board by August 1 of each year or by a date required by the Board. The teen court shall be administered by the Court Administrator. The teen court administered in Broward County may not receive court costs collected under Section 939.185(1)(a)(4), Florida Statutes.

(Ord. No. 2005-36, § 1, 10-11-05; Ord. No. 2013-20, § 1, 4-9-13)