| 1 | Representative Negron offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 2755-2758 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 55. Section 903.286, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 903.286 Return of cash bond; requirement to withhold |
| 8 | unpaid fines, fees, and court costs.--Notwithstanding the |
| 9 | provisions of s. 903.31(2), the clerk of the court shall |
| 10 | withhold from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of a |
| 11 | criminal defendant by a person other than a bail bond agent |
| 12 | licensed pursuant to chapter 648 sufficient funds to pay any |
| 13 | unpaid court fees, court costs, and criminal penalties. In the |
| 14 | event that sufficient funds are not available to pay all unpaid |
| 15 | court fees, court costs, and criminal penalties, the clerk of |
| 16 | the court shall immediately obtain payment from the defendant or |
| 17 | enroll the defendant in a payment plan pursuant to s. 28.246. |
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| 20 | Remove lines 288-290 and insert: |
| 21 | all appeals arising from such an action; creating s. 903.286, |
| 22 | F.S.; authorizing the clerk to withhold sufficient funds to pay |
| 23 | any unpaid court fees, court costs, and criminal penalties under |
| 24 | certain circumstances; authorizing the clerk to obtain payment |
| 25 | from the defendant or enroll the defendant in a payment plan |
| 26 | under certain circumstances; amending s. 916.115, F.S.; |