SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 8-B
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 823430
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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 3, lines 7-30, delete those lines
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16  and insert:  
17         1.  Funds paid to counties with populations fewer than
18  90,000 shall be grants-in-aid to be used, in priority order,
19  for: operating expenditures of the offices of the state
20  attorneys and public defenders in accordance with Specific
21  Appropriation 2978B; consulting or architectural studies
22  related to the improvement of courthouse facilities; improving
23  court facilities to ensure compliance with the Americans with
24  Disabilities Act and other federal or state requirements;
25  other renovations in court facilities; improvements in court
26  security; and expert witness fees in criminal cases, court
27  reporting and transcribing costs in criminal cases, and costs
28  associated with the appointment of special public defenders.
29         2.  Funds paid to counties with populations exceeding
30  89,999 shall be grants-in-aid to be used, in priority order,
31  for operating expenditures of the offices of the state
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 8-B Amendment No. ___ Barcode 823430 1 attorneys and public defenders in accordance with Specific 2 Appropriation 2978B, costs paid by the county for expert 3 witness fees in criminal cases, court reporting and 4 transcribing costs in criminal cases, and costs associated 5 with the appointment of special public defenders. 6 3. Funds may be appropriated for the operation of 7 trial courts. 8 (2) This section expires January 1, 2006 June 30, 9 2002. 10 Section 2. Effective July 1, 2002, subsection (2) of 11 section 318.21, Florida Statutes, as amended by chapters 12 97-235, 98-280, 98-403, 2000-139, and 2001-122, Laws of 13 Florida, is amended to read: 14 318.21 Disposition of civil penalties by county 15 courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court 16 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be 17 distributed and paid monthly as follows: 18 (Substantial rewording of subsection. See 19 s. 318.21(2), F.S., for present text.) 20 (2) Of the remainder: 21 (a) Five and six-tenths percent shall be remitted to 22 the Department of Revenue for deposit in the General Revenue 23 Fund of the state, except that the first $300,000 shall be 24 deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the 25 state courts system for administrative costs, training costs, 26 and costs associated with the implementation and maintenance 27 of Florida foster care citizen review panels in a 28 constitutional charter county as provided for in s. 39.702. 29 (b) Seven and two-tenths percent shall be remitted to 30 the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Emergency Medical 31 Services Trust Fund for the purposes set forth in s. 401.113. 2 10:22 AM 10/24/01 s0008Bc-11k0s
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 8-B Amendment No. ___ Barcode 823430 1 (c) Five and one-tenth percent shall be remitted to 2 the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Additional Court 3 Cost Clearing Trust Fund established pursuant to s. 938.01 for 4 criminal justice purposes. 5 (d) Eight and two-tenths percent shall be remitted to 6 the Department of Revenue for deposit in the Brain and Spinal 7 Cord Injury Rehabilitation Trust Fund for the purposes set 8 forth in s. 381.79. 9 (e) Two percent shall be remitted to the Department of 10 Revenue for deposit in the endowment fund of the Florida 11 Endowment Foundation for Vocational Rehabilitation established 12 by s. 413.615. 13 (f) Five-tenths percent shall be paid to the clerk of 14 the court for administrative costs. 15 (g)1. If the violation occurred within a municipality 16 or a special improvement district of the Seminole Indian Tribe 17 or Miccosukee Indian Tribe, 56.4 percent shall be paid to that 18 municipality or special improvement district. 19 2. If the violation occurred within the unincorporated 20 area of a county that is not within a special improvement 21 district of the Seminole Indian Tribe or Miccosukee Indian 22 Tribe, 56.4 percent shall be paid to that county. 23 (h) Fifteen percent must be deposited into the County 24 Article V Trust Fund. 25 26 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 27 28 29 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 30 And the title is amended as follows: 31 On page 1, line 7, following the semicolon 3 10:22 AM 10/24/01 s0008Bc-11k0s
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 8-B Amendment No. ___ Barcode 823430 1 insert: 2 revising authorized uses of the fund; amending 3 s. 318.21, F.S.; providing for disposition of 4 certain civil penalty revenues into the fund; 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 10:22 AM 10/24/01 s0008Bc-11k0s