Senate Bill sb0012B

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 12-B

    By Senator Cowin





    11-494-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to disposition of civil

  3         penalties; amending s. 318.21, F.S.; revising

  4         directives relating to distribution of civil

  5         penalties by county courts; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of section

11  318.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

13  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

14  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

15  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

16         (2)  Of the remainder:

17         (i)  For fiscal year 2001-2002 only, and in lieu of the

18  provisions of paragraph (a), five and six-tenths percent shall

19  be paid to the General Revenue Fund of the state, except that

20  the first $300,000 shall be deposited into the Grants and

21  Donations Trust Fund in the state courts system for

22  administrative costs, training costs, and costs associated

23  with the implementation and maintenance of Florida foster care

24  citizen review panels as provided for in s. 39.702. This

25  paragraph expires July 1,

26         Section 2.  Effective March 1, 2002, paragraph (i) of

27  subsection (2) of section 318.21, Florida Statutes, as amended

28  by section 11 of chapter 2001-122, Laws of Florida, is amended

29  to read:

30         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

31  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 12-B
    11-494-02




  1  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

  2  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

  3         (2)  Of the remainder:

  4         (i)  For fiscal year 2001-2002 only, and in lieu of the

  5  provisions of paragraph (a), five and six-tenths percent shall

  6  be paid to the General Revenue Fund of the state, except that

  7  the first $300,000 shall be deposited into the Grants and

  8  Donations Trust Fund in the state courts system for

  9  administrative costs, training costs, and costs associated

10  with the implementation and maintenance of Florida foster care

11  citizen review panels as provided for in s. 39.702. This

12  paragraph expires July 1, 2002.

13         Section 3.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Revises distribution of civil penalties by county courts
      for the latter half of Fiscal Year 2001-2002.
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