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29.009  Contingency fund.--

¹(1)  Any county with a population of less than 90,000, according to the most recent decennial census, may apply to the Office of the State Courts Administrator for additional funding to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs.

¹(2)  The Office of the State Courts Administrator, in consultation with the chairs of the appropriations committees of the Legislature, shall develop a process whereby counties may request funds pursuant to this section. Such process shall be consistent with legislative intent regarding this act. The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall review any request for funds by a county under this section and, if the Office of the State Courts Administrator determines that a request is valid, and contingent upon specific appropriation, it may provide assistance upon finding a qualifying county's budget is inadequate to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs and that the deficiency will result in an impairment of the operations of the county.

(3)  The State Courts Administrator shall submit a report on a quarterly basis, including a complete accounting of the contingency fund.

History.--s. 10, ch. 2000-237; ss. 23, 24, ch. 2001-254.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 23, ch. 2001-254, amended subsections (1) and (2) "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 2968 of the 2001-2002 General Appropriations Act."

B.  Section 24, ch. 2001-254, provides that "[t]he amendment of subsections 29.009(1) and (2), Florida Statutes, by this act shall expire July 1, 2002, and the text of these subsections shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2001, except that any amendments to such text exacted other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of such text which expire pursuant to the provisions of this act. The Division of Statutory Revision of the Office of Legislative Services shall include in an appropriate reviser's bill any amendments to such subsection which are necessary to give effect to the legislative intent expressed in this section." As amended by s. 24, ch. 2001-254, effective July 1, 2002, subsections (1) and (2) will read:

(1)  Any county with a population of less than 85,000, according to the most recent decennial census, may apply to the Office of the State Courts Administrator for additional funding to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs.

(2)  The Office of the State Courts Administrator, in consultation with the chairs of the appropriations committees of the Legislature, shall develop a process whereby counties may request funds pursuant to this section. Such process shall be consistent with legislative intent regarding this act. The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall review any request for funds by a county under this section and, if the Office of the State Courts Administrator determines that a request is valid, it may provide assistance upon finding a qualifying county's budget is inadequate to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs and that the deficiency will result in an impairment of the operations of the county.