| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 1313-1351 and insert: |
| 5 | (6) The Legislative Budget Commission may approve |
| 6 | increases to the maximum annual budgets approved for individual |
| 7 | clerks of the court pursuant to s. 28.36 for court related |
| 8 | duties, if either of the following conditions exist: |
| 9 | (a) The additional funding is necessary to pay the cost of |
| 10 | performing new or additional functions required by changes in |
| 11 | law or court rule. Before the Legislative Budget Commission may |
| 12 | approve an increase in the maximum annual budget of any clerk |
| 13 | under this paragraph, the Clerk of the Court Operations |
| 14 | Corporation must provide the Legislative Budget Commission with |
| 15 | a statement of the impact of the proposed budget changes on |
| 16 | state revenues, and evidence that the respective clerk of the |
| 17 | court is meeting or exceeding the established performance |
| 18 | standards for measures on the fiscal management, operational |
| 19 | efficiency, and effective collection of fines, fees, service |
| 20 | charges, and court costs. |
| 21 | (b) The additional funding is necessary to pay the cost of |
| 22 | supporting increases in the number of judges or magistrates |
| 23 | authorized by the Legislature. Before the Legislative Budget |
| 24 | Commission may approve an increase in the maximum annual budget |
| 25 | of any clerk under this paragraph, the Clerk of the Court |
| 26 | Operations Corporation must provide the Legislative Budget |
| 27 | Commission with a statement of the impact of the proposed budget |
| 28 | changes on state revenues; evidence that the respective clerk of |
| 29 | the court is meeting or exceeding the established performance |
| 30 | standards for measures on the fiscal management, operational |
| 31 | efficiency, and effective collection of fines, fees, service |
| 32 | charges, and court costs; and a proposed staffing model, |
| 33 | including the cost and number of staff necessary to support each |
| 34 | new judge or magistrate. |
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| 36 | The total amount of increases approved by the Legislative Budget |
| 37 | Commission for each county fiscal year shall not exceed an |
| 38 | amount equal to 2 percent of the maximum annual budgets approved |
| 39 | pursuant to s. 28.36 for all clerks, in the aggregate, for that |
| 40 | same county fiscal year. |
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| 43 | Remove line) 110 and insert: |
| 44 | requirements by which the Legislative Budget Commission may |
| 45 | approve |