| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 1546-1580 and insert: |
| 5 | 29.015 Contingency fund; limitation of authority to |
| 6 | transfer funds in contracted due process services appropriation |
| 7 | categories.-- |
| 8 | (2) In the event that a state attorney or public defender |
| 9 | incurs a deficit in a contracted due process services |
| 10 | appropriation category, the following steps shall be taken in |
| 11 | order: |
| 12 | (a) The state attorney or public defender shall first |
| 13 | attempt to identify surplus funds from other appropriation |
| 14 | categories within his or her office and submit a budget |
| 15 | amendment pursuant to chapter 216 to transfer funds from within |
| 16 | the office. |
| 17 | (b) In the event that the state attorney or public |
| 18 | defender is unable to identify surplus funds from within his or |
| 19 | her office, he or she shall certify this to the Justice |
| 20 | Administrative Commission along with a complete explanation of |
| 21 | the circumstances which led to the deficit and steps the office |
| 22 | has taken to reduce or alleviate the deficit. The Justice |
| 23 | Administrative Commission shall inquire as to whether any other |
| 24 | office has surplus funds in its contracted due process services |
| 25 | appropriation categories which can be transferred to the office |
| 26 | that is experiencing the deficit. If other offices indicate that |
| 27 | surplus funds are available within the same appropriation |
| 28 | category, the Justice Administrative Commission shall transfer |
| 29 | the amount needed to fund the deficit and notify the Governor |
| 30 | and the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget |
| 31 | Commission 14 days prior to a transfer pursuant to the notice, |
| 32 | review, and objection provisions of s. 216.177. If funds |
| 33 | appropriated for this purpose are available in a different |
| 34 | budget entity, the Justice Administrative Commission shall |
| 35 | request a budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216 request a |
| 36 | budget amendment to transfer funds from the office or offices to |
| 37 | alleviate the deficit upon agreement of the contributing office |
| 38 | or offices. |