Florida SB 2508: Environmental Resources

Bill Text

2508 
State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System 
2026-02-18T14:22:03Z 
Abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions relating to the remission of surcharges for specified criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the state agency law enforcement radio system and to provide technical assistance with respect to statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 2508 

 By the Committee on Appropriations 

 576-02998-26 20262508__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the state agency law enforcement 
 3 radio system; amending ss. 318.18 and 318.21, F.S.; 
 4 abrogating the scheduled expiration of provisions 
 5 relating to the remission of surcharges for specified 
 6 criminal offenses and noncriminal moving traffic 
 7 violations to the Department of Revenue to fund the 
 8 state agency law enforcement radio system and to 
 9 provide technical assistance with respect to statewide 
 10 systems of regional law enforcement communications; 
 11 providing an effective date. 
 12 
 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 14 
 15 Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 318.18, Florida 
 16 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 17 318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a 
 18 noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal 
 19 offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows: 
 20 (18) In addition to any penalties imposed, a surcharge of 
 21 $3 must be paid for all criminal offenses listed in s. 318.17 
 22 and for all noncriminal moving traffic violations under chapter 
 23 316. Revenue from the surcharge shall be remitted to the 
 24 Department of Revenue and deposited quarterly into the State 
 25 Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust Fund of the Department 
 26 of Management Services for the state agency law enforcement 
 27 radio system, as described in s. 282.709, and to provide 
 28 technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement 
 29 agencies with their statewide systems of regional law 
 30 enforcement communications, as described in s. 282.7101. This 
 31 subsection expires July 1, 2026. The Department of Management 
 32 Services may retain funds sufficient to recover the costs and 
 33 expenses incurred for managing, administering, and overseeing 
 34 the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System, and providing 
 35 technical assistance to state agencies and local law enforcement 
 36 agencies with their statewide systems of regional law 
 37 enforcement communications. The Department of Management 
 38 Services working in conjunction with the Joint Task Force on 
 39 State Agency Law Enforcement Communications shall determine and 
 40 direct the purposes for which these funds are used to enhance 
 41 and improve the radio system. 
 42 Section 2. Subsection (17) of section 318.21, Florida 
 43 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 44 318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county courts.—All 
 45 civil penalties received by a county court pursuant to the 
 46 provisions of this chapter shall be distributed and paid monthly 
 47 as follows: 
 48 (17) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the proceeds 
 49 from the administrative fee imposed under s. 318.18(18) shall be 
 50 distributed as provided in that subsection. This subsection 
 51 expires July 1, 2026. 
 52 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.