Case Name: P.P., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-04-19
Citations: 671 So. 2d 894
Docket Number: No. 95-252
Parties: P.P., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAUKSCH, J„ concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 671
Pages: 894–895

Head Matter:
P.P., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-252.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 19, 1996.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Dan D. Hallenberg, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Allison Leigh Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, Judge.
P.P. appeals an order of disposition finding him guilty of two counts of culpable negligence, withholding an adjudication of delinquency, and placing him on community control for a period of six months. P.P. also appeals the orally pronounced imposition of costs which was never reduced to writing. We affirm the order of disposition and write to point out that it is not improper to impose costs in a delinquency case where adjudication is withheld.
P.P. argues that the court was prohibited by statute from ordering the costs. See § 39.073, Fla.Stat. (1993) (providing that "[i]n any proceeding under this chapter, court fees shall not be charged against . any party to a delinquency petition").
Subsections 960.20(1) and (2), Florida Statutes (1994 Supp.), provide:
Additional Costs. — (1) When any person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for, any felony, misdemeanor, delinquent act, or criminal traffic offense under the laws of this state or the violation of any municipal or county ordinance which adopts by reference any misdemeanor under state law, there shall be imposed as an addition al cost in the case, in addition and prior to any other cost required to be imposed by law, the sum of $50. Any person whose adjudication is withheld shall also be assessed such cost.
(2) These costs are considered assessed unless specifically waived by the court. If the court does not order these costs, it shall state on the record, in detail, the reasons therefor.
Prior to its amendment in 1994, section 960.20 did not authorize a cost assessment against a person whose adjudication was withheld, see e.g. J.A v. State, 633 So.2d 108 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994), but it clearly does as amended. Since section 960.20 and the amendment are more recent than section 39.073, the former prevail. See, Id., 633 So.2d at 110 (citing State v. Parsons, 569 So.2d 437 (Fla.1990)).
AFFIRMED.
DAUKSCH, J" concurs.