Senate Bill sb1952

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1952

    By Senator Margolis





    35-1407-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the disposition of civil

  3         penalties by county courts; amending s. 318.21,

  4         F.S.; requiring that a specified amount of the

  5         civil penalties received by county courts be

  6         deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust

  7         Fund in the state courts system Justice

  8         Administrative Commission for specified

  9         purposes; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

14  318.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

15         318.21  Disposition of civil penalties by county

16  courts.--All civil penalties received by a county court

17  pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be

18  distributed and paid monthly as follows:

19         (2)  Of the remainder:

20         (a)  Twenty and six-tenths percent shall be remitted to

21  the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue

22  Fund of the state, except that the first $300,000 shall be

23  deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the

24  state courts system Justice Administrative Commission for

25  administrative costs, training costs, and costs associated

26  with the implementation and maintenance of Florida foster care

27  citizen review panels in a constitutional charter county as

28  provided for in s. 39.702.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1952
    35-1407-04




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 3    Requires that the first $300,000 received by county
      courts from civil penalties be deposited into the Grants
 4    and Donations Trust Fund in the state courts system
      Justice Administrative Commission for specified purposes.
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