Bill Text: FL S0400 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Programs to Prevent Violence [SPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S0400 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0400-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 400 
 
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senators Fasano and 
Gaetz 
591-02749-10                                           2010400c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to programs to prevent violence; 
3         amending ss. 794.056, 938.08, and 938.085, F.S.; 
4         requiring that an additional or increased court cost 
5         or surcharge be assessed against a defendant who 
6         pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found 
7         guilty of, regardless of adjudication, certain 
8         specified criminal offenses; providing for proceeds of 
9         the additional court cost or surcharge to be deposited 
10         into the Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund or the 
11         Domestic Violence Trust Fund; reenacting s. 
12         20.435(21)(a), F.S., relating to the Rape Crisis 
13         Program Trust Fund, to incorporate the amendments made 
14         to s. 794.056, F.S., in a reference thereto; 
15         reenacting s. 794.055(3)(b), F.S., relating to access 
16         to services for victims of sexual battery, to 
17         incorporate the amendments made to s. 938.085, F.S., 
18         in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. 
19 
20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
21 
22         Section 1. Section 794.056, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
23  read: 
24         794.056 Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.— 
25         (1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within 
26  the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for 
27  rape crisis centers in this state. Trust fund moneys shall be 
28  used exclusively for the purpose of providing services for 
29  victims of sexual assault. Funds credited to the trust fund 
30  consist of those funds collected as an additional court 
31  assessment in each case in which a defendant pleads guilty or 
32  nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of 
33  adjudication, an offense defined in s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s. 
34  784.021, s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 
35  784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 
36  784.085, s. 787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s. 
37  794.05, s. 794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, 
38  s. 796.05, s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s. 
39  810.14, s. 810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s. 
40  825.1025, s. 836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145, 
41  or s. 943.0435. Funds credited to the trust fund also shall 
42  include revenues provided by law, moneys appropriated by the 
43  Legislature, and grants from public or private entities. 
44         (2) The Department of Health shall establish by rule 
45  criteria consistent with the provisions of s. 794.055(3)(a) for 
46  distributing moneys from the trust fund to rape crisis centers. 
47         Section 2. Section 938.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
48  read: 
49         938.08 Additional cost to fund programs in domestic 
50  violence.—In addition to any sanction imposed for a violation of 
51  s. 784.011, s. 784.021, s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 
52  784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 
53  784.083, s. 784.085, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, s. 794.011, s. 
54  825.102, s. 836.10, or for any offense of domestic violence 
55  described in s. 741.28, the court shall impose a surcharge of 
56  $301 $201. Payment of the surcharge shall be a condition of 
57  probation, community control, or any other court-ordered 
58  supervision. The sum of $185 $85 of the surcharge shall be 
59  deposited into the Domestic Violence Trust Fund established in 
60  s. 741.01. The clerk of the court shall retain $1 of each 
61  surcharge that the clerk of the court collects as a service 
62  charge of the clerk’s office. The remainder of the surcharge 
63  shall be provided to the governing board of the county and must 
64  be used only to defray the costs of incarcerating persons 
65  sentenced under s. 741.283 and provide additional training to 
66  law enforcement personnel in combating domestic violence. 
67         Section 3. Section 938.085, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
68  read: 
69         938.085 Additional cost to fund rape crisis centers.—In 
70  addition to any sanction imposed when a person pleads guilty or 
71  nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of, regardless of 
72  adjudication, a violation of s. 775.21, s. 784.011, s. 784.021, 
73  s. 784.03, s. 784.041, s. 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 
74  784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, s. 
75  787.025, s. 787.06, s. 787.07, or s. 794.011, s. 794.05, s. 
76  794.08, s. 796.03, s. 796.035, s. 796.04, s. 796.045, s. 796.05, 
77  s. 796.06, s. 796.07(2)(a)-(d) and (i), s. 800.03, s. 810.14, s. 
78  810.145, s. 812.135, s. 817.025, s. 825.102, s. 825.1025, s. 
79  836.10, s. 847.0135(2), s. 847.0137, s. 847.0145, or s. 
80  943.0435, the court shall impose a surcharge of $151. Payment of 
81  the surcharge shall be a condition of probation, community 
82  control, or any other court-ordered supervision. The sum of $150 
83  of the surcharge shall be deposited into the Rape Crisis Program 
84  Trust Fund established within the Department of Health by 
85  chapter 2003-140, Laws of Florida. The clerk of the court shall 
86  retain $1 of each surcharge that the clerk of the court collects 
87  as a service charge of the clerk’s office. 
88         Section 4. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 
89  made by this act to section 794.056, Florida Statutes, in a 
90  reference thereto, paragraph (a) of subsection (21) of section 
91  20.435, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 
92         20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.—The following 
93  trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Health: 
94         (21) Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund. 
95         (a) Funds to be credited to and uses of the trust fund 
96  shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of s. 
97  794.056. 
98         Section 5. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 
99  made by this act to section 938.085, Florida Statutes, in a 
100  reference thereto, paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 
101  794.055, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 
102         794.055 Access to services for victims of sexual battery.— 
103         (3) 
104         (b) Funds received under s. 938.085 shall be used to 
105  provide sexual battery recovery services to victims and their 
106  families. Funds shall be distributed to rape crisis centers 
107  based on an allocation formula that takes into account the 
108  population and rural characteristics of each county. No more 
109  than 15 percent of the funds shall be used by the statewide 
110  nonprofit association for statewide initiatives. No more than 5 
111  percent of the funds may be used by the department for 
112  administrative costs. 
113         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.