In response to Post 135, I can only speak to how Florida handles monetary fines. In addition to maintaining a general revenue fund, some state agencies in Florida maintain agency-specific and statutorily authorized trust funds for recovering and administering licensure fees, fines, etc.

For example, under Florida Statute Sec. 20.435(d) the Florida Department of Health maintains a "Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund" which "consist[s] of fees and fines related to the licensing of health care professionals. Funds shall be used for the purpose of providing administrative support for the regulation of health care professionals and for other such purposes as may be appropriate and shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department's operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216."

When I worked for the Florida Attorney General's Office, we maintained a "Consumer Fraud Trust Fund" which we funded with fines collected in white collar cases. The money was allocated toward consumer education (i.e. elder exploitation workshops, consumer complaint hotline), and investigative costs.

Stephen Iglesias, Esq.
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