WHEREAS, Florida statutes provides for a myriad of mandatory and discretionary fees, costs, fines, and restitution to be applied in criminal cases; and
WHEREAS, Florida statutes sets the payment priority of some, but not all, of the mandatory and discretionary fees, costs, fines and restitution; and  Â
WHEREAS, there is a necessity to promulgate and establish an order of priorities for payment of fees, costs, fines, and restitution.
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NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority conferred by Florida Rules of Judicial Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED as follows:
The order in which monetary payments arc to be distributed are as follows:
- Public Defender Application Fee
- Restitution
- Fines
- Court Costs
- Public Defender Fees
- Cost of Prosecution
- Cost of Supervision
- Cost of Incarceration
DONE and SIGNED in Chambers, at Lake City, Columbia County, Florida, this 17th day of March, 2009.