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 Jacksonville
 Code of Ordinances
 Title XVI. JUDICIAL CODE
 Chapter 634. FINES AND COSTS

  § 634.108. Teen Court Programs.

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  • Pursuant to the authority granted in F.S. § 938.19:

    (a)

    A sum of up to $3 shall be assessed as a court cost in the circuit and the County Court in the County against each person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere 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 F.S. Ch. 316.

    (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 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 any 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 assessment shall be specifically added to any civil penalty paid for a violation of F.S. Ch. 316, whether such penalty is paid by mail, paid in person without request of a hearing, or paid after hearing and determination by the court.

    (e)

    The assessment may not, however, be made against a person for a violation of any State statute or City or County ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles, with the exception of violation of the handicapped parking laws.

    (f)

    The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall collect the respective assessments for court costs and shall remit the same to the Duval County Teen Court Programs Trust Fund monthly.

    (g)

    The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall withhold five percent of the assessments collected which shall be retained as a fee income of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

    (h)

    The Duval County Teen Court must account for all funds received under this Section under a written report to the City Council. The report must be given to the City Council by August 1 of every year, or alternative date as maybe established by City Council.

    (i)

    The Duval County Teen Court shall be administered by the Fourth Judicial Circuit Trial Court Administrator.

    (j)

    The election of the Duval County Teen Court to receive funds under F.S. § 938.19 shall prohibit Teen Court from receiving court costs collected and distributed pursuant to F.S. § 939.185(1)(a)4. Said assessments and such other moneys as become available for establishing and operating Teen Court Programs in Duval County, under provision of Florida law, collected by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, pursuant to F.S. § 938.19, shall be deposited into the Teen Court Programs Trust Fund account as established in Section 111.375, Ordinance Code, specifically for the operation and administration of Duval County Teen Court programs.

    (k)

    It is envisioned that funds from the Duval County Teen Court Programs Trust Fund may be used by the Teen Court Programs to fund innovations to supplement the Teen Court Programs for costs as annually approved during the budget process including, but not limited to, awards, furniture, fixtures, computers, office equipment, telephones, as deemed necessary or permissible by the Court Administrator to facilitate and enable the program, staff, support and volunteers to effectively, efficiently and economically operate, administer and provide services and materials for the health, welfare, social, rehabilitative, and cultural well-being of the youth in Jacksonville.

(Ord. 2005-683-E, § 5; Ord. 2008-1058-E, § 2)