938.09  Cases in which victim is handicapped or elderly.--

(1)  When any person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of, any felony or misdemeanor under the laws of this state or any county or municipal ordinance violation in which any victim is handicapped or elderly, there shall be imposed an additional cost in the case, in addition to any other cost required to be imposed by law, in the sum of $20. Under no condition shall a political subdivision be held liable for the payment of such sum of $20.

(2)  The clerk of the court shall collect the $20 and forward $19 thereof to the Treasurer, to be deposited in the General Revenue Fund. The clerk shall retain the remaining $1 of each $20 collected as a service charge of the clerk's office.

(3)  The costs imposed by this section apply only in counties containing housing projects.

History.--s. 5, ch. 84-250; s. 10, ch. 87-155; s. 50, ch. 93-120; s. 10, ch. 97-271; s. 2, ch. 98-28.