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The Honorable E. D. `Bud' Dixon Clerk of the Circuit Court Polk County

QUESTION:

If a defendant pleads guilty, nolo contendere to, or is convicted of any traffic offense which under Florida law is a criminal misdemeanor, but is being prosecuted as a violation of a municipal ordinance adopting by reference the State's Traffic Control Law, are the additional costs and surcharges on criminal fines specified in ss. 960.20 and 960.25, F.S., applicable?

SUMMARY:

The additional costs and surcharges on criminal fines specified in ss. 960.20 and 960.25, F.S. (1980 Supp.), are not applicable to a defendant…