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CS/SB 248: Clerks of the Circuit Court [SPSC]

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Ring

Clerks of the Circuit Court [SPSC]; Requires an applicant for the appointment of a public defender to consent to an indigency background review conducted by a court clerk. Provides for a new fee for the background review. Authorizes a clerk of court to charge an additional fee for judicial sales conducted by electronic means. Provides for the appointment of a workgroup to review court-related fees, service charges, costs, and fines, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/3/2008	Senate	• Filed
  12/17/2008	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Finance and Tax; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Rules
  2/27/2009	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/09, 1:00 pm, 110-S --Workshop
  3/3/2009	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Finance and Tax; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means; Rules -SJ 00019; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/04/09, 1:00 pm, 110-S --Workshop-Discussed
  3/6/2009	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/11/09, 9:30 am, 110-S
  3/11/2009	Senate	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 1 -SJ 00165; CS read 1st time on 03/19/09 -SJ 00217
  3/13/2009	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  3/17/2009	Senate	• Remaining references corrected to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Finance and Tax; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means -SJ 00231; Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  5/2/2009	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1718 (Ch. 2009-61), CS/CS/SB 2108 (Ch. 2009-204)

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• CS/SB 248, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/13/2009 at 3:30 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (5)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 121	Court Fees, Charges, Costs/Circuit & County Courts	Soto	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 412 (Ch. 2009-215), CS/SB 1718 (Ch. 2009-61) Location:
  H 1121 (c1)	Clerks of Court	Thurston	Compare	Last Action: 4/28/2009 H Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/CS/SB 2108; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1718 (Ch. 2009-61), CS/CS/SB 2108 (Ch. 2009-204) -HJ 01044 Location:
  H 5117 (e1)	Court Finances	Adams	Compare	Last Action: 4/17/2009 H Read 3rd time -HJ 00548; Temporarily postponed on 3rd reading; On Unfinished Business -HJ 00548; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1718 (Ch. 2009-61), SB 2600 (Ch. 2009-81) -HJ 00569 Location:
  S 1718 (e1)		Crist	Compare	Last Action: 5/27/2009 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-61; See also CS/SB 412 (Ch. 2009-215), CS/CS/SB 2108 (Ch. 2009-204), SB 2600 (Ch. 2009-81) Location:
  S 2108 (e2)		Pruitt	Compare	Last Action: 6/18/2009 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2009-204; See also CS/SB 1718 (Ch. 2009-61), CS/CS/SB 1796 (Ch. 2009-74) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (12)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  27.52	Determination of indigent status.
  28.241	Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.
  28.246	Payment of court-related fees, charges, and costs; partial payments; distribution of funds.
  34.041	Filing fees.
  45.035	Clerk's fees.
  57.082	Determination of civil indigent status.
  197.542	Sale at public auction.
  318.18	Amount of penalties.
  322.245	Suspension of license upon failure of person charged with specified offense under chapter 316, chapter 320, or this chapter to comply with directives ordered by traffic court or upon failure to pay child support in non-IV-D cases as provided in chapter 61 or failure to pay any financial obligation in any other criminal case.
  938.30	Financial obligations in criminal cases; supplementary proceedings.
  938.301	Judicial oversight and jurisdiction.
  939.17	Application of cash deposit to fine and costs.

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• SB 248, Original Filed Version Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:43 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Committee Amendments (5)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  321816 - Amendment	Judiciary (Ring)	3/3/2009 4:08 PM	Withdrawn 3/11/2009	Web Page PDF
  611356 - Amendment	Judiciary (Ring)	3/10/2009 12:32 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/11/2009	Web Page PDF
  461284 - Amendment to Amendment (611356)	Judiciary (Ring)	3/10/2009 5:08 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/11/2009	Web Page PDF
  705120 - Amendment to Amendment (611356)	Judiciary (Ring)	3/11/2009 8:30 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/11/2009	Web Page PDF
  554988 - Amendment to Amendment (611356)	Judiciary (Ring)	3/11/2009 8:31 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/11/2009	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/11/2009 9:30 AM	Judiciary	8 Yeas - 1 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  938.30	Financial obligations in criminal cases; supplementary proceedings.
  938.301	Judicial oversight and jurisdiction.

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