Bill Text: FL S2506 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Compensation for Representation
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2016-66), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62) [S2506 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S2506-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 2506 By the Committee on Appropriations 576-03009-16 20162506__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to compensation for representation; 3 amending s. 27.5304, F.S.; revising compensation 4 amounts for representation in a criminal proceeding; 5 providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 27.5304, Florida 10 Statutes, is amended to read: 11 27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation; 12 notice.— 13 (5) The compensation for representation in a criminal 14 proceeding shall not exceed the following: 15 (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the trial 16 level: $1,000. 17 (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the 18 trial level: $15,000$6,000. 19 (c) For life felonies represented at the trial level: 20 $15,000$9,000. 21 (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 22 $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a “capital case” is any 23 offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 24 has not waived seeking the death penalty. 25 (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.