Senate Bill sb0034C

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 34-C

    By Senator Cowin





    309-696-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the pilot program for

  3         attorneys ad litem for dependent children;

  4         amending s. 39.4086, F.S.; providing that the

  5         program be funded according to specific

  6         appropriation; providing an 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.  Subsection (4) of section 39.4086, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         39.4086  Pilot program for attorneys ad litem for

13  dependent children.--

14         (4)  FUNDING.--The Office of the State Courts

15  Administrator shall conduct the pilot program subject to the

16  specific appropriation of funds. The sums of $1,040,111 in

17  recurring funds and $48,674 in nonrecurring funds are

18  appropriated from the General Revenue Fund and two

19  full-time-equivalent positions are authorized for Court

20  Operations--Circuit Courts in the State Court System to

21  operate the attorney ad litem pilot program in the Ninth

22  Judicial Circuit and provide adequate guardian ad litem

23  representation that is in the best interests of all children

24  involved in the pilot program. The sum of $696,798 in

25  recurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund,

26  and 14 full-time equivalent positions are authorized, for the

27  circuit court budget to ensure best interests representation

28  by the Guardian Ad Litem Program as part of the pilot program.

29  The sum of $75,000 in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from

30  the General Revenue Fund to the Supreme Court for the Office

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 34-C
    309-696-02




  1  of the State Courts Administrator for the purpose of

  2  evaluating the pilot program.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Revises funding for the pilot program for attorneys ad
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