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STATE, DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS v. GOAD

No. 1D99-0836.

754 So.2d 95 (2000)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant, v. Ollie James GOAD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Appellee, pro se.

PADOVANO, J.

Section 960.297, Florida Statutes authorizes the state to initiate a civil action against a prison inmate to recover the costs of the inmate's incarceration. The issue in the present case is whether this statute can be applied retroactively. Because the statute affords a civil remedy for the recovery of subsistence costs incurred after its enactment and does not increase the penalty for the inmate's crime, we conclude that it can be applied retroactively...

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