The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 938
COURT COSTS

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F.S. 938.23

938.23 Assistance grants for alcohol and other drug abuse programs.—

(1) In addition to any fine imposed by law for any criminal offense under chapter 893 or for any criminal violation of s. 316.193, s. 856.011, s. 856.015, or chapter 562, chapter 567, or chapter 568, the court shall be authorized, pursuant to the requirements of s. 938.21, to impose an additional assessment in an amount up to the amount of the fine authorized for the offense. Such additional assessments shall be deposited for the purpose of providing assistance grants to drug abuse treatment or alcohol treatment or education programs as provided in s. 893.165.

(2) All assessments authorized by this section shall be collected by the clerk of court and remitted to the jurisdictional county as described in s. 893.165(2) for deposit into the County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trust Fund or remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the Department of Children and Families pursuant to guidelines and priorities developed by the department. If a County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trust Fund has not been established for any jurisdictional county, assessments collected by the clerk of court shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of the Department of Children and Families.

History.—s. 3, ch. 88-381; s. 3, ch. 90-111; s. 2, ch. 93-194; s. 4, ch. 94-107; s. 19, ch. 97-271; s. 307, ch. 99-8; s. 31, ch. 2001-122; s. 6, ch. 2009-47; s. 314, ch. 2014-19.

Note.—Former s. 893.16.

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Amendments to 938.23

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 938.23

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 938.23.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

BELL, v. STATE, 19 So. 3d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . In addition to his three-year prison sentence, the trial court, pursuant to sections 938.21 and 938.23 . . .

COOK, v. STATE, 896 So. 2d 870 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . alcohol and drug abuse trust funds “for the purpose of receiving the assessments collected pursuant to s. 938.23 . . . Section 938.23, Florida Statutes (2003), permits the imposition of such an assessment on a defendant . . . The trial court may again impose this cost if it- complies with sections 938.21 and 938.23. . . .

A. GUNN, v. STATE, 818 So. 2d 681 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . See §§ 938.21-938.23 (Florida Statutes). . . .