1998 Florida Code
TITLE XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 322 Drivers' Licenses  
322.293   DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund; assessment; disposition.

322.293  DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund; assessment; disposition.--

(1)  The DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund, created pursuant to chapter 81-208, Laws of Florida, shall be transferred to the department with all funds therein on January 1, 1994. The DUI Programs Coordination Office shall be transferred from the budget of the Supreme Court to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Division of Driver Licenses. The transfer shall include all of the statutory powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds. All personnel shall be transferred at their current classifications and levels of compensation. Any legal commitments, contracts, and other obligations heretofore entered into on behalf of or assumed by the DUI Programs Coordination Office in connection with the performance of its functions and duties are charged to and shall be performed by the department.

(2)  The DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be administered by the department, and the costs of administration shall be borne by the fund. All funds received by the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in this section and s. 322.292. However, if the Legislature passes legislation consolidating existing trust funds assigned to the department, all funds remaining in and deposited to the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund shall be transferred to the consolidated trust funds, subject to their being earmarked for use solely for the purposes set forth in this section and s. 322.292.

(3)  Each DUI program shall assess $12 against each person enrolling in a DUI program at the time of enrollment, including persons who transfer to or from a program in another state. In addition, second and third offenders and those offenders under permanent driver's-license revocation who are evaluated for eligibility for license restrictions under s. 322.271(2)(b) and (4) shall be assessed $12 upon enrollment in the program and upon each subsequent anniversary date while they are in the program, for the duration of the license period.

(4)  All assessments collected under this section shall be forwarded to the DUI Programs Coordination Trust Fund within 30 days after the last day of the month in which the assessment was received.

History.--s. 2(1st), ch. 93-246; s. 13, ch. 96-414.