HB 1331: Legal Assistance for Accused Persons
GENERAL BILL
Legal Assistance for Accused Persons; amends provision re determination of indigency of accused person & reenacts certain provisions to incorporate said amendment; specifies purposes for such determination; provides for payment to clerk of court of application fee of up to $40 in connection with affidavit asserting indigency; provides for mandatory assessment against certain defendants of attorney's fees & costs for public defender assistance, etc. Amends 27.52,.56, 215.22; reenacts FS.
Effective Date: 10/01/1997
Last Action: 3/6/1998 House - Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further cons.,Iden/Sim/Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1906 (Ch. 97-107) -HJ 00127
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/6/1998 House - Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further cons.,Iden/Sim/Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1906 (Ch. 97-107) -HJ 00127
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/11/1997 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/13/1997 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 00191 |
| 4/3/1997 | House |
• Referred to Crime & Punishment (JC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations -HJ 00432 |
| 4/9/1997 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Crime & Punishment (JC), 04/15/97, 4:00 pm, 21-HOB |
| 4/15/1997 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable by Crime & Punishment (JC) -HJ 00658 |
| 4/17/1997 | House |
• Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00658 |
| 5/2/1997 | House |
• Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Finance & Taxation (FRC) |
| 3/3/1998 | House |
• CARRIED OVER; Referred to Finance & Taxation (FRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations |
| 3/6/1998 | House |
• Withdrawn from Finance & Taxation (FRC); Criminal Justice Appropriations; Withdrawn from further cons.,Iden/Sim/Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to SB 1906 (Ch. 97-107) -HJ 00127 |