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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 944
STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
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F.S. 944.485
944.485 Subsistence fees with respect to certain prisoners; time of adoption; requirements.
(1) In recognition of the fact that many prisoners in the correctional system have sources of income and assets outside of the correctional system, which may include bank accounts, inheritances, real estate, social security payments, veteran’s payments, and other types of financial resources, and in recognition of the fact that the daily subsistence cost of incarcerating prisoners in the correctional system is a great burden on the taxpayers of the state, each prisoner in the state correctional system, except those who have entered into an agreement under s. 947.135 prior to October 1, 1978:
(a) Shall disclose all revenue or assets as a condition of parole or other release eligibility.
(b) Shall pay from such income and assets, except where such income is exempt by state or federal law, all or a fair portion of the prisoner’s daily subsistence costs, based upon the inmate’s ability to pay, the liability or potential liability of the inmate to the victim or the guardian or the estate of the victim, and the needs of his or her dependents.
(2)(a) Any prisoner who is directed to pay all or a fair portion of daily subsistence costs is entitled to reasonable advance notice of the assessment and shall be afforded an opportunity to present reasons for opposition to the assessment.
(b) An order directing payment of all or a fair portion of a prisoner’s daily subsistence costs may survive against the estate of the prisoner.
History.s. 1, ch. 78-441; s. 1, ch. 92-298; s. 1652, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 944.485


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 944.485
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 944.485.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, v. GOAD,, 754 So. 2d 95 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

. . . Section 944.485, Florida Statutes required all prison inmates to disclose their assets and income as . . .

STONE, v. STATE, 500 So. 2d 572 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . The statute under attack, section 944.485, Florida Statutes (Supp.1978), “requires, as a condition of . . .

CAMPBELL, v. L. WAINWRIGHT, CAMPBELL, v. WAINWRIGHT,, 726 F.2d 702 (11th Cir. 1984)

. . . Fla.Stat.Sec. 944.485. . . .

W. GERLOCK, v. FLORIDA PAROLE AND PROBATION COMMISSION,, 411 So. 2d 1386 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . PPRD was established, the Commission advised the petitioner that because he failed to comply with § 944.485 . . . Although under § 944.485, supra, petitioner would not be eligible for parole and, consequently, able . . . Ibid. . 944.485 Department to adopt pían for subsistence fees with respect to certain prisoners; time . . .

IVORY, J. v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 393 So. 2d 542 (Fla. 1980)

. . . Court on direct appeal from a final judgment of the circuit court upholding as facially valid section 944.485 . . . Appellants’ ex post facto argument presumes that section 944.485 operates to increase “punishment” for . . . In enacting section 944.485, the legislature has prescribed sufficient standards and guidelines to comply . . . The trial court’s order upholding section 944.485 in the face of appellants’ constitutional challenges . . . Section 944.485, Florida Statutes (Supp.1978) provides: (1) In recognition of the fact that many prisoners . . .

E. PANZAVECCHIA, v. CROCKETT,, 379 So. 2d 1047 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . the inmate pay the liability or potential liability of the inmate to the victim of his crime (Section 944.485 . . .