Case Name: Richard O'Neal JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-03-07
Citations: 632 So. 2d 719
Docket Number: No. 92-4009
Parties: Richard O’Neal JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOOTH and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 632
Pages: 719–720

Head Matter:
Richard O’Neal JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 92-4009.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 7, 1994.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Abel Gomez, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and James W. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHIVERS, Senior Judge.
Appellant challenges the legality of a sentencing provision requiring him to pay $150.00 for participating in the Bay County Work Program. We have recently held that these work program costs are without legal basis. E.g., Dykes v. State, 623 So.2d 827 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Jones v. State, 622 So.2d 1153 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Blanchette v. State, 620 So.2d 258 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Martin v. State, 618 So.2d 737 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). Accordingly, we strike paragraph (13) of the sentencing order, the provision requir ing Appellant to pay $150.00 as additional costs for participation in the Bay County Work Program, and we certify the same question of great public importance certified in Blanchette:
IS BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH PURSUANT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER AN ASSESSMENT TO COVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROBATIONER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE BAY COUNTY WORK PROGRAM?
BOOTH and KAHN, JJ., concur.