HB 0465 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevention recommends the
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to unclaimed court-ordered payments;
13	amending s. 945.31, F.S.; providing for deposit of
14	processing fees into the General Revenue Fund instead of
15	the Operating Trust Fund of the Department of Corrections;
16	authorizing the Department of Corrections to deposit or
17	transfer into the Crimes Compensation Trust Fund certain
18	overpayments and other payments; repealing s. 960.0025,
19	F.S., relating to the allocation of certain funds from
20	restitution or other court-ordered payments; providing an
21	effective date.
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23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25	Section 1. Section 945.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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27	945.31 Restitution and other payments.--The department may
28	establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the
29	purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other
30	court-ordered payments from persons in its custody or under its
31	supervision, and may collect an administrative processing fee in
32	an amount equal to 4 percent of the gross amounts of such
33	payments. Such administrative processing fee shall be deposited
34	in the General Revenuedepartment's Operating TrustFund and
35	shall be used to offset the cost of the department's services.
36	The department is authorized to deposit or transfer into the
37	Crimes Compensation Trust Fund:
38	(1) Offender overpayments that are less than $10 at the
39	end of the offender's supervision.
40	(2) Offender funds that are not claimed within 1 year
41	after supervision is terminated.
42	(3) Victim restitution payments that are not claimed
43	within 1 year after the offender's supervision is terminated.
44	(4) Interest earned on balances in the COPS bank accounts.
45	(5) Payments that cannot be identified and are not claimed
46	within 1 year after they are received.
47	Section 2. Section 960.0025, Florida Statutes, is
48	repealed.
49	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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