HB 0465, Engrossed 1 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to unclaimed court-ordered payments;
3	amending s. 945.31, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
4	Corrections to deposit or transfer into the General
5	Revenue Fund certain overpayments and other payments;
6	repealing s. 960.0025, F.S., relating to the allocation of
7	certain funds from restitution or other court-ordered
8	payments; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Section 945.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
13	read:
14	945.31 Restitution and other payments.--The department may
15	establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the
16	purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other
17	court-ordered payments from persons in its custody or under its
18	supervision, and may collect an administrative processing fee in
19	an amount equal to 4 percent of the gross amounts of such
20	payments. Such administrative processing fee shall be deposited
21	in the department's Operating Trust Fund and shall be used to
22	offset the cost of the department's services. The department is
23	authorized to deposit or transfer into the General Revenue Fund:
24	(1) Offender overpayments that are less than $10 at the
25	end of the offender's supervision.
26	(2) Offender funds that are not claimed within 1 year
27	after supervision is terminated.
28	(3) Victim restitution payments that are not claimed
29	within 1 year after the offender's supervision is terminated.
30	(4) Interest earned on balances in the COPS bank accounts.
31	(5) Payments that cannot be identified and are not claimed
32	within 1 year after they are received.
33	Section 2. Section 960.0025, Florida Statutes, is
34	repealed.
35	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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