Bill Amendment: FL S0590 | 2020 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Clerks of the Court
Status: 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations [S0590 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0590-Senate_Committee_Amendment_870820.html
Bill Title: Clerks of the Court
Status: 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations [S0590 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0590-Senate_Committee_Amendment_870820.html
Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 590 Ì870820|Î870820 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (Hooper) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 40.29, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 40.29 Payment of due-process costs.— 8 (5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall provide 9 funds to the clerks of the court to compensate jurors, to pay 10 for meals or lodging provided to jurors, and to pay for jury 11 related personnel and operational costs as provided in this 12 section. Each clerk of the court shall submit a request for 13 reimbursementforwardto the Florida Clerks of Court Operations 14 Corporation within 20 days after each quarter attesting to the 15 clerk’s actual costsJustice Administrative Commission a16quarterly estimate of funds necessaryto compensate jurors, to 17andpay for meals or lodging provided to jurors, and to pay for 18 jury-related personnel and operational costsduring the upcoming19quarter. The Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation 20 shall review the request for reimbursement to ensure that the 21 costs are reasonably and directly related to jury management. 22 The Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation shall forward 23 to the Justice Administrative Commissiona quarterly estimate of24 the amount necessary to reimburse each clerk of the court unless 25 the total request for reimbursement by the clerks exceeds the 26 quarterly funds available to the Justice Administrative 27 Commission, in which case the Florida Clerks of Court Operations 28 Corporation shall adjust the cumulative total to match the 29 available funds before submitting the request to the Justice 30 Administrative Commissionfor its personnel and other costs31related to jury management. Upon receipt of each request for 32 reimbursementsuch estimates, the Justice Administrative 33 Commission shall reviewdeterminethe amount deemed necessary 34 for payment to the clerks of the court for the most recently 35 completedduring the upcomingquarter, determine if the total 36 payment amount is available, and submit a request for payment to 37 the Chief Financial Officer.If the Justice Administrative38Commission believes that the amount appropriated by the39Legislature is insufficient to meet such costs during the40remaining part of the state fiscal year, the commission may41apportion the funds appropriated in the General Appropriations42Act for those purposes among the several counties, basing the43apportionment upon the amount expended for such purposes in each44county during the prior fiscal year, in which case, the Chief45Financial Officer shall issue the appropriate apportioned amount46by warrant to each county.The clerks of the court are 47 responsible for any compensation to jurors, for payments for 48 meals or lodging provided to jurors, and for jury-related 49 personnel and operational costs that exceed the funding provided 50 in the General Appropriations Act for these purposes. 51 Reimbursements under this subsection are not subject to s. 52 215.97 or s. 215.985. 53 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020. 54 55 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 56 And the title is amended as follows: 57 Delete everything before the enacting clause 58 and insert: 59 A bill to be entitled 60 An act relating to clerks of the court; amending s. 61 40.29, F.S.; revising the types of funding the Justice 62 Administrative Commission is required provide to the 63 clerks of the court for specified jury-related costs; 64 requiring the clerks of court to submit a request for 65 reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Clerks of 66 Court Operations Corporation within specified 67 timeframes; requiring the Florida Clerks of Court 68 Operations Corporation to review the requests for 69 reimbursement; requiring the corporation to submit 70 certain information to the commission; requiring the 71 commission to review the information and submit a 72 request for payment to the Chief Financial Officer 73 under certain circumstances; removing a provision 74 authorizing the commission to apportion funds among 75 the counties for certain purposes; revising the types 76 of costs that the clerks of the court are responsible 77 for that exceed funding provided in the General 78 Appropriations Act; providing construction; providing 79 an effective date.