Senate Bill sb1862c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                           CS for SB 1862

    By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Smith





    308-2092-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to arbitrator compensation;

  3         amending s. 44.103, F.S.; increasing the fee

  4         cap for arbitrators under court-ordered,

  5         nonbinding arbitration; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 44.103, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         44.103  Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration.--

13         (3)  Arbitrators shall be selected and compensated in

14  accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court.

15  Arbitrators may be compensated by the county or by the

16  parties. Compensation for arbitrators shall not exceed $500

17  $200 per day, unless otherwise agreed by the parties and

18  approved by the court. Whenever possible, qualified

19  individuals who have volunteered their time to serve as

20  arbitrators shall be appointed. If an arbitration program is

21  funded pursuant to s. 44.108, volunteer arbitrators shall be

22  entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to s. 112.061 for all

23  actual expenses necessitated by service as an arbitrator.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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27          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
28                       CS/Senate Bill 1862

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30       Reinserts current law but provides for increased
         arbitrator fee cap and retains authorization for cap to
31       be exceeded upon agreement by the parties and approval by
         the court.
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