Bill Amendment: FL S1414 | 2015 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Juvenile Detention Costs
Status: 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S1414-Senate_Committee_Substitue_Amendment_952616_Amendment_851326_.html
Bill Title: Juvenile Detention Costs
Status: 2015-05-01 - Died in Appropriations [S1414 Detail]
Download: Florida-2015-S1414-Senate_Committee_Substitue_Amendment_952616_Amendment_851326_.html
Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1414 Ì952616/Î952616 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Bradley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (851326) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 139 - 140 5 and insert: 6 (9)(a) The Department of Revenue shall review county 7 juvenile detention payments to the Department of Juvenile 8 Justice for the purpose of ensuring that counties fulfill their 9 financial responsibilities required in this section. The 10 Department of Revenue shall determine whether the counties have 11 reimbursed the Department of Juvenile Justice for the county’s 12 share of detention costs as provided in this section. If the 13 Department of Revenue determines that a county has not met its 14 obligations, it must deduct the amount owed to the Department of 15 Juvenile Justice from funds provided to the county under s. 16 218.23. 17 (b) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 18 before July 1, 2015, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 19 218.23 are pledged, or bonds issued to refund such bonds which 20 mature no later than the bonds they refunded and which result in 21 a reduction of debt service payable in each fiscal year, the 22 amount available for distribution to a county shall remain as 23 provided by law and continue to be subject to any lien or claim 24 on behalf of the bondholders. The Department of Revenue must 25 ensure, based on information provided by an affected county, 26 that any reduction in amounts distributed pursuant to paragraph 27 (a) does not reduce the amount of distribution to a county below 28 the amount necessary for the timely payment of principal and 29 interest when due on the bonds and the amount necessary to 30 comply with any covenant under the bond resolution or other 31 documents relating to the issuance of the bonds. If a reduction 32 to a county’s monthly distribution must be decreased in order to 33 comply with this paragraph, the Department of Revenue must 34 notify the Department of Juvenile Justice of the amount of the 35 decrease, and the Department of Juvenile Justice must send a 36 bill for payment of such amount to the affected county. 37 (10)(11)The department may adopt rules to administer this 38 section. 39 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 985.6015, Florida 40 Statutes, is amended to read: 41 985.6015 Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust 42 Fund.— 43 (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for 44 funds to be used for the costs ofpredispositionjuvenile 45 detention. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of 46 funds from the counties’ share of the costs forpredisposition47 juvenile detention. 48 49 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 50 And the title is amended as follows: 51 Delete line 13 52 and insert: 53 deleting obsolete provisions; providing for review of 54 county payments; providing penalties; providing 55 certain assurances to holders of bonds issued by 56 counties; amending s. 985.6014, F.S.; deleting 57 “predisposition”; providing an effective