SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 160, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 624252
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Lynn moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 20. (1) The Legislature finds that the
19 likelihood of a noncustodial parent paying child support is
20 directly related to the parent's employment and economic
21 situation, with the strongest predictor of paying child
22 support being the number of weeks a noncustodial parent works.
23 An accumulation of large child support debt upon release from
24 prison is unlikely to motivate a parent to work more, but
25 rather result in him or her not working at all or working in
26 the underground economy. This has negative consequences for
27 the parent and the State of Florida and ultimately, these
28 child support debts are not in the best interest of the child.
29 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature for the
30 Department of Revenue to work collaboratively with the
31 Department of Corrections, the Agency for Workforce
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 160, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 624252
1 Innovation, the Office of the State Courts Administrator,
2 local law enforcement, community-based and faith-based
3 organizations, and any additional stakeholders to:
4 (a) Identify strategies that would maximize an
5 inmate's chance of successfully reentering society and
6 reconnecting with his or her children by providing financial
7 and emotional support, without the burden of an unmanageable
8 amount of child support debt.
9 (b) Identify strategies for increasing the collection
10 of current support obligations from incarcerated parents
11 including collecting the appropriate data to develop the
12 strategies and educating the noncustodial parents on their
13 child support obligation.
14 (c) Identifying strategies for building collaboration
15 and data-sharing between the stakeholders, particularly the
16 Department of Revenue and the Department of Corrections,
17 relating to continuing the initiative to increase the
18 collection of child support from incarcerated parents.
19 (3) The Department of Revenue shall submit a report to
20 the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the
21 House of Representatives, by December 31, 2004, that includes
22 the data collected on noncustodial parents who are inmates and
23 the recommendations for implementing identified strategies.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 160, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 624252
1 obligations; providing the intent of the
2 Legislature for the Department of Revenue to
3 work with other stakeholders to identify
4 strategies to increase collection of child
5 support from incarcerated parents; requiring a
6 report to the Governor and Legislature;
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