HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1185 CS
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
15	Between lines 2995 and 2996, insert:
16	(5)(a) As used in this subsection, the term:
17	1. “Pretrial release service” means any government-funded
18	program whose functions include making recommendations to any
19	court regarding the pretrial release of any defendant from
20	custody.
21	2. “Annual report” means a report prepared by a pretrial
22	release service that accurately and objectively reports the
23	performance of such service with the use of taxpayer monies.
24	(b) The pretrial release service in any county of the
25	state shall maintain data compiled on a monthly basis regarding
26	the cases and defendants who are processed for release by such
27	service. The data to be maintained shall display accurate,
28	objective information for each defendant, including, but not
29	limited to:
30	1. The charges against each defendant.
31	2. The nature of any prior arrest against each defendant.
32	3. The court appearances required for each defendant.
33	4. Each court appearance at which the defendant failed to
34	appear.
35	5. Each capias issued, as well as each time a capias was
36	not issued when the defendant failed to appear.
37	6. The recommendation of the pretrial release service
38	relative to each defendant.
39	(c) By December 1 of each year, the pretrial release
40	service shall submit an annual report to the chair of the
41	governing authority of the county, the Governor, the Speaker of
42	the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate.
43	(d) The annual report shall be submitted in a format
44	approved by the Executive Office of the Governor, in
45	consultation with the Office of the State Courts Administrator.
46	The annual report shall include, but not be limited to:
47	1. The operating budget of the pretrial release service.
48	2. The number of personnel employed by or contracted with
49	the pretrial release service.
50	3. The number and disposition of all cases reviewed by the
51	pretrial release service.
52	4. The number of cases, categorized as either felony or
53	misdemeanor, where the defendant was released with a financial
54	condition.
55	5. The number of cases, categorized as either felony or
56	misdemeanor, where the defendant was released without financial
57	conditions.
58	(e) No additional public funds shall be expended for the
59	preparation and production of the annual report.
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62	Remove lines 2932-2934, and insert:
63	Section 110. Subsection (3) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of
64	subsection (4) of section 907.041, Florida Statutes, are
65	amended, and subsection (5) is added to said section, to read:
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68	Remove line 62, and insert:
69	dangerous crime; providing definitions; providing for the
70	collection of data and the submission of an annual report by a
71	pretrial release service; prohibiting the expenditure of
72	additional public funds for the preparation and production of
73	the annual report; creating s. 903.0465, F.S.; providing