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Q Section 303. 26 Definitions For the -purpose of -C11Isaz't[tiic, —clic following terms have only tf1Se meanings ascribed to them: County shall mean the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Indian River County—,F1$rid . Defendant shall mean a person charged with a criminal action pursuant to Chapter 893, Florida Statutes. Section 303.27 Creation and accounting 1. Pursuant to section 893.13, Florida Statutes, when any defendant, on or after the effective date of this article, is found guilty of, or pleads nolo contendere to, a violation of any provision of Chapter 893, Florida Statutes, that is punishable as a criminal offense, in addition to any fine or other penalty provided by law may be assessed an amount up to the amount of the fine authorized for the violation. Such additional assessment shall be used for drug abuse programs as provided by general law and this article. Pursuant to such section, the court is authorized to order a defendant to pay such assessment it finds the that ctefendant has the abiiiy to pay the fine and the additional assessment, and the endant will not be prevented from being rehabilitated or from making rest- itution. ", Once - assessed; the c-lerli will -deep --a- record -of assessments -and those assessments shall be collected by the clerk of the court. The clerk shall forward all moneys collected to the board of county commissioners for deposit into a special and separate fund titled the "drug abuse trust fund." Once each month, the board of county commissioners _shall require a full -report from the clerk as to the amount of assessments imposed by its courts and the amount of funds collected and deposited into the druga use trust fund. Section 303.28 Expenditures; purpose Moneys deposited into the drug abuse trust fund shall be used to financially assist drug abuse treatment and education programs. in order to receive assistance grants from the drug abuse trust fund, county drug abuse treatment . or education programs shall be selected as program recipients on the basis of selection procedures which shall be developedby-the-county-administrator-or his-or-her-designee.—Such ,nrnrarinrac shall ine.hidP as a basis for selection the success of the program. Final approval shall be made by the board of county com- missioners upon recommendation by the county administrator or the designee, and selections shall be made annually. SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 16:14:30 - OfficialDmuments:650, Attachment Id 0, Page 6