Senate Bill sb2182

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2182

    By Senator Wilson





    33-1120-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to sentencing; imposing a

  3         sentencing fee and providing for its use;

  4         renaming the Capital Collateral Trust Fund as

  5         the Capital Collateral Litigation Trust Fund;

  6         amending s. 27.702, F.S., to conform; providing

  7         an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  (1)  A sentencing fee of $20 shall be

12  assessed by each court against any person sentenced by that

13  court. The sentencing fee shall be deposited in the Capital

14  Collateral Litigation Trust Fund.

15         (2)  The proceeds collected from this fee shall be used

16  to pay expenses incurred by the capital collateral regional

17  counsels or to pay expenses necessary to implement part IV of

18  chapter 27, Florida Statutes.

19         Section 2.  The Capital Collateral Trust Fund created

20  in section 27.702(3), Florida Statutes, is renamed the Capital

21  Collateral Litigation Trust Fund.

22         Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section

23  27.702, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

24         27.702  Duties of the capital collateral regional

25  counsel; reports.--

26         (3)(a)  The capital collateral regional counsel shall

27  file motions seeking compensation for representation and

28  reimbursement for expenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. s. 3006A when

29  providing representation to indigent persons in the federal

30  courts, and shall deposit all such payments received into the

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2182
    33-1120-03




 1  Capital Collateral Litigation Trust Fund established for such

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 3         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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 6                          SENATE SUMMARY

 7    Imposes a $20 sentencing fee upon any person sentenced by
      each court. Specifies that the fee be used to pay
 8    expenses of operating the offices of the capital
      collateral regional counsels. Renames the Collateral
 9    Trust Fund as the Capital Collateral Litigation Trust
      Fund.
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