The Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller\u2019s Office gets $30.38 if the citation was written by the Collier County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- $27.38 for the Clerk\u2019s budget\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $3.00 for court technology\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller\u2019s Office gets $20.22 if the citation was written by a city police department such as Naples Police Department\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- $17.12 for the Clerk\u2019s budget\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $3.00 for court technology\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The City Police Department gets $10.16 for their budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The State Department of Revenue gets the majority of the collected funds at $43.12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- $18.62 for the state budget\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $4.02 for additional court costs. Of these funds, 92% goes to the Department of Law Enforcement for training, six and three-tenths percent goes to the Department of Law Enforcement for criminal justice grants and seven-tenths percent goes to the Department of Children and Families for domestic violence programs.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $1.00 for child welfare training purposes\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $1.00 for juvenile justice training purposes\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $5.00 for the care and assistance of people with epilepsy\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $1.44 for prehospital emergency medical services in the state\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $1.64 for the cost of care for brain and spinal cord injuries\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $ .40 for the Department of Education Vocational Rehabilitation\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $5.00 for use by the state courts system\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $3.33 for use by the State Attorney\u2019s Office\u00a0<\/li>\n
- $1.67 for indigent criminal defense (Public Defender)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nThe complexities of fee distribution extend further than just traffic citations and encompass all filing fees for civil cases and court costs for criminal cases. Understanding these processes is essential for those involved in legal matters, as it highlights the pivotal role of fees in maintaining our justice system, supporting local and state initiatives, and expediting the handling of various cases. The Florida Constitution states that the Clerk\u2019s Office will be funded by fines and fees.<\/p>\n
Fines and fees continue to be collected. However, many of these fees have not been increased in many years. To keep up with the cost of doing business, we routinely ask the legislature to review a sustainable funding model. While the Collier County Clerk\u2019s Office collects sufficient funds to operate our office, we continue to experience budget cuts and our collected funds are distributed to other counties. As Clerk, I continue to argue for retention of our earned revenues and greater focus on bringing all Clerk\u2019s to a greater level of earnings so that their budgets are balanced.<\/p>\n
This year the Legislature has again worked with us to assist in reallocating additional fines\/fees revenue to Clerk\u2019s for operations. It is critical to judicial operations that Clerk\u2019s be properly funded by sustainable revenue sources.<\/p>\n