Bill Text: FL H0229 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Programs to Assist Victims of Violence

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP) [H0229 Detail]

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HB 229

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to rape crisis programs; amending ss.
3	794.056 and 938.085, F.S.; requiring that an additional
4	court cost or surcharge be assessed against a defendant
5	who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found
6	guilty of, regardless of adjudication, certain specified
7	criminal offenses; providing for proceeds of the
8	additional court cost or surcharge to be deposited into
9	the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund; reenacting s.
10	20.435(21)(a), F.S., relating to the Rape Crisis Program
11	Trust Fund, to incorporate the amendments made to s.
12	794.056, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting s.
13	794.055(3)(b), F.S., relating to access to services for
14	victims of sexual battery, to incorporate the amendments
15	made to s. 938.085, F.S., in a reference thereto;
16	providing an effective date.
17
18	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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20	Section 1. Section 794.056, Florida Statutes, is amended
21	to read:
22	794.056 Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.--
23	(1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within
24	the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for
25	rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys shall be
26	used exclusively for the purpose of providing services for
27	victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the trust fund
28	consist of those funds collected as an additional court
29	assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads guilty or
30	nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of
31	adjudication, an offense defined in s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s.
32	784.021, s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s.
33	784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s.
34	784.085, s. 787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s.
35	794.05, s. 794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045,
36	s. 796.05, s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s.
37	810.14, s. 810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s.
38	825.1025, s. 836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145,
39	or s. 943.0435. Funds credited to the trust fund also shall
40	include revenues provided by law, moneys appropriated by the
41	Legislature, and grants from public or private entities.
42	(2) The Department of Health shall establish by rule
43	criteria consistent with the provisions of s. 794.055(3)(a) for
44	distributing moneys from the trust fund to rape crisis centers.
45	Section 2. Section 938.085, Florida Statutes, is amended
46	to read:
47	938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.--In
48	addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or
49	nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of
50	adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s. 784.021,
51	s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s.
52	784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, s.
53	787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s.
54	794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, s. 796.05,
55	s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s. 810.14, s.
56	810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s. 825.1025, s.
57	836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145, or s.
58	943.0435, the court shall impose a surcharge of $151. Payment of
59	the surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community
60	control, or any other court-ordered supervision. The sum of $150
61	of the surcharge shall be deposited into the Rape Crisis Program
62	Trust Fund established within the Department of Health by
63	chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The clerk of the court shall
64	retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects
65	as a service charge of the clerk's office.
66	Section 3. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
67	made by this act to section 794.056, Florida Statutes, in a
68	reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (21) of section
69	20.435, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
70	20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.--The following
71	trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Health:
72	(21) Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.
73	(a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund
74	shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of s.
75	794.056.
76	Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
77	made by this act to section 938.085, Florida Statutes, in a
78	reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
79	794.055, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
80	794.055 Access to services for victims of sexual
81	battery.--
82	(3)
83	(b) Funds received under s. 938.085 shall be used to
84	provide sexual battery recovery services to victims and their
85	families. Funds shall be distributed to rape crisis centers
86	based on an allocation formula that takes into account the
87	population and rural characteristics of each county. No more
88	than 15 percent of the funds shall be used by the statewide
89	nonprofit association for statewide initiatives. No more than 5
90	percent of the funds may be used by the department for
91	administrative costs.
92	Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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