(a) This section shall apply only in Lee County.
(b) In addition to any court costs now authorized in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of Lee County, there shall be assessed and collected an additional court cost of fifty dollars ($50) in all civil and criminal cases, including traffic cases in the district, circuit, and juvenile courts of the county except for protection from abuse cases pursuant to Chapter 5, Title 30.
(c)(1) Fifty percent of the additional court costs collected pursuant to subsection (b) shall be deposited into the Lee County Circuit Clerk’s Fund and used for the same purposes as the fund is used on August 1, 2012.
(2) Forty percent of the additional court costs collected pursuant to subsection (b) shall be deposited into the District Attorney’s Fund and used for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement purposes and in the discharge of the duties of the office.
(3) Ten percent of the additional court costs collected pursuant to subsection (b) shall be deposited into the Judicial Fund of the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit and expended at the request of the presiding circuit judge for any lawful expense in the operation of the courts.
(d) Nothing in this section shall impair the authority of a circuit or district judge to waive or to remit the court costs and fees assessed pursuant to this section upon the sworn and valid showing of substantial financial hardship.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the assessment and collection of the additional court cost pursuant to this section not diminish or take the place of any other source of funds for the offices of the circuit clerk, district attorney, or the operation of the courts.
Last modified: May 3, 2021