SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1560

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11  Senator Forman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 23 and 24,

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17         Section 2.  Section 30.525, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         30.525  Deposit of moneys or bonds as bail not remitted

20  to clerk or county.--The sheriff may deposit any moneys or

21  bonds received as bail, which are not otherwise remitted to

22  the clerk or county pursuant to s. 903.16, in interest-bearing

23  accounts.  Any interest earned shall be remitted to the county

24  as required by resolution of the board of county

25  commissioners, but not less than on a monthly basis.  The

26  county shall use the interest funds received to enhance

27  criminal justice programs within the county.

28         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 903.16, Florida

29  Statutes, is amended to read:

30         903.16  Deposit of money or bonds as bail.--

31         (1)  A defendant who has been admitted to bail, or

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 1  another person in the defendant's behalf, may deposit with the

 2  official authorized to take bail money or nonregistered bonds

 3  of the United States, the state, or a city, town, or county in

 4  the state, equal in market value to the amount set in the

 5  order and the personal bond of the defendant and an

 6  undertaking by the depositor if the money or bonds are

 7  deposited by another.  The sheriff or other officials may

 8  remit money or bonds received to the clerk or county to be

 9  held by the clerk or county pending court action or return to

10  the defendant or depositor.  The clerk or county shall accept

11  money or bonds remitted by the sheriff. The clerk or county

12  may deposit such moneys or bonds in interest-bearing accounts.

13  Any interest earned shall be remitted to or retained by the

14  county.  The county shall use the interest funds received to

15  enhance criminal justice programs within the county.

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17  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, line 10, after the semicolon,

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25         creating s. 30.525, F.S.; authorizing sheriffs

26         to deposit certain moneys or bonds into

27         interest-bearing accounts; providing for

28         deposit and use of interest on such moneys;

29         amending s. 903.16, F.S.; authorizing sheriffs

30         or county officials to remit certain bail

31         moneys to the county for certain purposes;

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 1         providing for deposit into interest-bearing

 2         accounts; providing for disposition and use of

 3         interest on such moneys;

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