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after Section 6-24 to read as follows: <br />ARTICLE III. DRUG ABUSE TRUST FUND <br />Section 6-25. Authority for enactment of article. <br />This article is enacted pursuant to the authority <br />vested in the board of county commissioners by virtue of <br />Chapter 125, Florida Statutes, Sections 893.13 and 893.165, <br />Florida Statutes. <br />Section 6-26. Definitions. <br />For the purpose of this article, the following <br />terms have only those meanings ascribed to them. <br />Board of County Commissioners shall mean the board <br />of county commissioners of Indian River County, Florida. <br />Clerk <br />shall mean the Clerk of the <br />Circuit Court <br />of Indian River County, Florida. <br />County shall mean the incorporated and <br />unincorporated areas of Indian River County, Florida. <br />Chief Judge shall mean the Chief Judge of <br />Florida's Nineteenth Judicial District. <br />Defendant shall •mean a person charged with a <br />criminal action pursuant to Chapter 839, Florida Statutes. <br />Section 6-27. Drug Abuse Trust Fund - Creation and <br />Accounting. <br />(a) Pursuant to Section 893.13, Florida Statutes, <br />when any defendant, on or after the effective date of this <br />ordinance, is found guilty of, or pleads nolo contendere to, <br />a violation of any provision of Chapter 893, Florida <br />Statutes, that is punishable as a criminal offense, in <br />addition to any fine or other penalty provided by law, may <br />be assessed an amount up to the amount of the fine <br />authorized for the violation. Such additional assessment <br />shall be used for drug abuse programs as provided by general <br />law and this Ordinance. Pursuant to said Section, the court <br />CODING: Words in ift0a/f0t600 type are deletions from <br />existing law; words underlined are additions. <br />2 <br />39 <br />MAY 161989 <br />BOOK 76 FACE 872 <br />