§ 8-3. Mandatory court costs.
(a)
Pursuant to the authority granted to the county by F.S. § 938.19, a sum of three dollars ($3.00) shall be assessed as a cost by both the Circuit and the County Court in Santa Rosa County against every person who pleads guilty or nolo contenders to or is convicted of, regardless of adjudication, a violation of a state criminal statute or a municipal ordinance or a county ordinance or who pays a fine or civil penalty for any violation of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes.
(b)
Any person whose adjudication is withheld pursuant to the provisions of F.S. § 318.14(9) or (10), shall also be assessed such cost.
(c)
The three dollar ($3.00) assessment for court costs shall be assessed in addition to any fine, civil penalty, or other court cost and shall not be deducted from the proceeds of that portion of my fine or civil penalty which is received by a municipality in the county or by the county in accordance with F.S. §§ 316.660 and 318.21.
(d)
The three dollar ($3.00) assessment shall be specifically added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, whether such penalty is paid by mail, paid in person, without request of a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court.
However, the three dollar ($3.00) assessment shall not be made against a person for a violation of any state statutes, county ordinance, or municipal ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles, with the exception of a violation of the handicapped parking laws.
(e)
The clerk of the circuit court shall collect the respective three dollar ($3.00) assessments for court costs established in this subsection and shall remit the same monthly to the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners for funding of the teen court, less five (5) percent, which is to be retained as fee income of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
(Ord. No. 2000-02, 2-24-00; Ord. No. 2006-20, §§ 1—5, 7-26-06)
Editor's note
Section 7 of Ord. No. 2006-20 provided for an effective date of Oct. 1, 2006.