| 1 | Representative(s) Simmons offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 1245 and 1246, insert: |
| 5 | (6) The Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, |
| 6 | upon review and approval by the Chief Financial Officer, may |
| 7 | approve adjustments to the clerk's maximum annual budget for |
| 8 | court-related duties if either of the following conditions |
| 9 | exists: |
| 10 | (a) The additional funding is necessary to pay the cost of |
| 11 | performing new or additional functions required by changes in |
| 12 | law and the legislation which establishes the new or additional |
| 13 | functions specifically authorizes, by reference to this |
| 14 | subsection, the adjustment of maximum annual budgets; or |
| 15 | (b) The additional funding is necessary to pay the cost of |
| 16 | supporting increases in the number of judges or magistrates |
| 17 | authorized by the Legislature and the legislation which |
| 18 | establishes additional judges or magistrates specifically |
| 19 | authorizes, by reference to this subsection, the adjustment of |
| 20 | maximum annual budgets. |
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| 22 | Before the maximum annual budget of any clerk can be increased |
| 23 | pursuant to this subsection, the corporation shall provide the |
| 24 | Chief Financial Officer and the Legislative Budget Commission |
| 25 | with a statement of the impact of the proposed budget changes on |
| 26 | state revenues, performance data indicating unit costs for the |
| 27 | affected clerk as compared to statewide averages, evidence that |
| 28 | the respective clerk of the court is meeting or exceeding the |
| 29 | established performance standards for measures on the fiscal |
| 30 | management, operational efficiency, and effective collection of |
| 31 | fines, fees, service charges, and court costs, and a proposed |
| 32 | staffing model, including the cost and number of staff necessary |
| 33 | to support additional statutory responsibilities for each new |
| 34 | judge or magistrate. If not otherwise specified in the |
| 35 | legislation that establishes additional responsibilities, judges |
| 36 | or magistrates, any adjustments approved by the corporation |
| 37 | pursuant to this subsection shall not, in the aggregate, exceed |
| 38 | 1 percent of the aggregate statewide maximum annual budgets that |
| 39 | would otherwise be established pursuant to the methodology |
| 40 | required by this section. Any adjustment to a maximum annual |
| 41 | budget authorized by this subsection is subject to review and |
| 42 | approval by the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to |
| 43 | chapter 216. |
| 44 | (7)(6) The corporation may submit proposed legislation to |
| 45 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of |
| 46 | the House of Representatives no later than November 1 in any |
| 47 | year for approval of clerk budget request amounts exceeding the |
| 48 | restrictions in this section for the following October 1. If |
| 49 | proposed legislation is recommended, the corporation shall also |
| 50 | submit supporting justification with sufficient detail to |
| 51 | identify the specific proposed expenditures that would cause the |
| 52 | limitations to be exceeded for each affected clerk and the |
| 53 | estimated fiscal impact on state revenues. |
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| 56 | Remove line 1194 and insert: |
| 57 | Florida Statutes, are amended, subsection (6) is renumbered as |
| 58 | subsection (7), and a new subsection (6) is added to said |
| 59 | section, to read: |
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| 62 | Remove line(s) 107 and insert: |
| 63 | reference to the Chief Financial Officer; providing |
| 64 | conditions and requirements by which the corporation may |
| 65 | approve adjustments to the clerk's maximum annual budget |
| 66 | for court-related duties; amending s. |