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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to sentencing; imposing a sentencing fee | ||
| 3 | and providing for its use; renaming the Capital Collateral | ||
| 4 | Trust Fund as the Capital Collateral Litigation Trust | ||
| 5 | Fund; amending s. 27.702, F.S., to conform; 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. (1) A sentencing fee of $20 shall be assessed | ||
| 11 | by each court against any person sentenced by that court. The | ||
| 12 | sentencing fee shall be deposited in the Capital Collateral | ||
| 13 | Litigation Trust Fund. | ||
| 14 | (2) The proceeds collected from this fee shall be used to | ||
| 15 | pay expenses incurred by the capital collateral regional | ||
| 16 | counsels or to pay expenses necessary to implement part IV of | ||
| 17 | chapter 27, Florida Statutes. | ||
| 18 | Section 2. The Capital Collateral Trust Fund created in | ||
| 19 | section 27.702(3), Florida Statutes, is renamed the Capital | ||
| 20 | Collateral Litigation Trust Fund. | ||
| 21 | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section | ||
| 22 | 27.702, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 23 | 27.702 Duties of the capital collateral regional counsel; | ||
| 24 | reports.-- | ||
| 25 | (3)(a) The capital collateral regional counsel shall file | ||
| 26 | motions seeking compensation for representation and | ||
| 27 | reimbursement for expenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. s. 3006A when | ||
| 28 | providing representation to indigent persons in the federal | ||
| 29 | courts, and shall deposit all such payments received into the | ||
| 30 | Capital Collateral LitigationTrust Fund established for such | ||
| 31 | purpose. | ||
| 32 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||