SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1272

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 283352

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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 8, between lines 4 and 5,

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17         Section 4.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

18  61.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         61.181  Depository for alimony transactions, support,

20  maintenance, and support payments; fees.--

21         (b)1.  For the period of July 1, 1992, through June 30,

22  2003 2002, the fee imposed in paragraph (a) shall be increased

23  to 4 percent of the support payments which the party is

24  obligated to pay, except that no fee shall be more than $5.25.

25  The fee shall be considered by the court in determining the

26  amount of support that the obligor is, or may be, required to

27  pay. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 145.022, 75 percent

28  of the additional revenues generated by this paragraph shall

29  be remitted monthly to the Clerk of the Court Child Support

30  Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund administered by the

31  department as provided in subparagraph 2.  These funds shall

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  1  be used exclusively for the development, implementation, and

  2  operation of the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement

  3  Collection System to be operated by the depositories,

  4  including the automation of civil case information necessary

  5  for the State Case Registry.  The department shall contract

  6  with the Florida Association of Court Clerks and the

  7  depositories to design, establish, operate, upgrade, and

  8  maintain the automation of the depositories to include, but

  9  not be limited to, the provision of on-line electronic

10  transfer of information to the IV-D agency as otherwise

11  required by this chapter. The department's obligation to fund

12  the automation of the depositories is limited to the state

13  share of funds available in the Clerk of the Court Child

14  Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund.  Each

15  depository created under this section shall fully participate

16  in the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection

17  System and transmit data in a readable format as required by

18  the contract between the Florida Association of Court Clerks

19  and the department.

20         2.  No later than December 31, 1996, Moneys to be

21  remitted to the department by the depository shall be done

22  daily by electronic funds transfer and calculated as follows:

23         a.  For each support payment of less than $33, 18.75

24  cents.

25         b.  For each support payment between $33 and $140, an

26  amount equal to 18.75 percent of the fee charged.

27         c.  For each support payment in excess of $140, 18.75

28  cents.

29         3.  The fees established by this section shall be set

30  forth and included in every order of support entered by a

31  court of this state which requires payment to be made into the

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  1  depository.

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  3  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  7  And the title is amended as follows:

  8         On page 1, line 19, after the semicolon

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11         amending s. 61.181, F.S.; continuing the

12         increased fee charged to child support obligors

13         by the depository;

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