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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1791
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Rojas and Feeney offered the following:
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17 Section 31. In order to implement Specific
18 Appropriation 2005A of the 1999-2000 General Appropriations
19 Act, subparagraph 1. of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of
20 section 61.81, Florida Statutes is amended to read:
21 61.181 Central depository for receiving, recording,
22 reporting, monitoring, and disbursing alimony, support,
23 maintenance, and child support payments; fees.--
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25 (b)1. For the period of July 1, 1992, through June 30,
26 2002, the fee imposed in paragraph (a) shall be increased to 4
27 percent of the support payments which the party is obligated
28 to pay, except that no fee shall be more than $5.25. The fee
29 shall be considered by the court in determining the amount of
30 support that the obligor is, or may be, required to pay.
31 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 145.022, 75 percent of
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1 the additional revenues generated by this paragraph shall be
2 remitted monthly to the Clerk of the Court Child Support
3 Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund administered by the
4 department as provided in subparagraph 2. These funds shall
5 be used exclusively for the development, implementation, and
6 operation of the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement
7 Collection System to be operated by the depositories,
8 including the automation of civil case information necessary
9 for the State Case Registry. The department shall contract
10 with the Florida Association of Court Clerks and the
11 depositories to design, establish, operate, upgrade, and
12 maintain the automation of the depositories to include, but
13 not be limited to, the provision of on-line electronic
14 transfer of information to the IV-D agency as otherwise
15 required by this chapter. The department's obligation to fund
16 the automation of the depositories is limited to the state
17 share of funds available in the Clerk of the Court Child
18 Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund. Each
19 depository created under this section shall fully participate
20 in the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection
21 System and transmit data in a readable format as required by
22 the contract between the Florida Association of Court Clerks
23 and the department. Notwithstanding any other provision of
24 law to the contrary and for the 1999-2000 fiscal year only,
25 the depositories of Miami-Dade County, Collier County, and
26 Seminole county shall be exempt from participation in the
27 automated child support enforcement system.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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4 amending s. 61.282, F.S.; exempting specified
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6 child support enforcement system;
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