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House Bill 0377




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 377

        By Representative Bronson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to juries; amending s. 40.24,

  3         F.S., relating to compensation for juror

  4         service; authorizing donation of juror

  5         compensation to a program specified by a

  6         certified guardian ad litem program or to a

  7         domestic violence shelter; providing duties of

  8         the clerk of court and guidelines with respect

  9         to receipt or expenditures of such donated

10         moneys; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (8) is added to section 40.24,

15  Florida Statutes, to read:

16         40.24  Compensation and reimbursement policy.--

17         (8)  In circuits that elect to allow jurors to donate

18  their jury service fee upon conclusion of juror service, each

19  juror may irrevocably donate all of the juror's compensation

20  to the 26 U.S.C. s. 501(c)(3) organization specified by the

21  certified guardian ad litem program or to a domestic violence

22  shelter in the circuit for the juror's county of residence.

23  The funds collected may not reduce or offset the amount of

24  compensation that the guardian ad litem program or domestic

25  violence shelter would otherwise receive from the state. The

26  clerk of court shall ensure that all jurors are given written

27  notice that they have the option to so donate their

28  compensation, and that the applicable program specified by the

29  guardian ad litem program or a domestic violence shelter

30  receives all funds donated by the jurors.  Any guardian ad

31  litem program receiving donations of juror compensation must

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                 HB 377

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  1  expend such moneys on services for children for whom guardians

  2  ad litem have been appointed.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

  7    Permits a juror to donate his or her compensation to a
      program specified by the certified guardian ad litem
  8    program or to a domestic violence shelter in the juror's
      county of residence. Such donations may not reduce or
  9    offset compensation that the guardian ad litem program or
      domestic violence shelter would otherwise receive from
10    the state. Provides duties of the clerk of court and
      guidelines with respect to expenditures of such donated
11    moneys.

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