Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 562934
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11  Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 9, before line 1,
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17         Section 7.  Upon the request of the Clerk of the Court
18  Operations Corporation, the Legislative Budget Commission may
19  approve adjustments to one or more of the clerks' maximum
20  annual budgets for court-related duties, to pay the increased
21  costs due to increases in the number of judges authorized by
22  the Legislature in one of the following circumstances:
23         (1)  The Clerk of the Court Operations Corporation
24  providing the Legislative Budget Commission with a statement
25  of the impact of the proposed budget changes on state
26  revenues.
27         (2)  The Clerk of the Court Operations Corporation
28  provides evidence to the Legislative Budget Commission that
29  the clerk of the court who is the subject of the request is
30  meeting or exceeding the established performance standards for
31  fiscal management, operational efficiency, and effective
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Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2048 Barcode 562934 1 collection of fines, fees, service charges, and court costs. 2 If a clerk of the court is not meeting or exceeding the 3 performance standards, the Clerk of the Court Operations 4 Corporation shall reduce the requested budget increase by the 5 amount it determines the clerk could save by meeting the 6 performance standards for fiscal management and operational 7 efficiency and the amount of the additional revenue if the 8 clerk met the performance standards for collection of fines, 9 fees, service charges, and court costs. 10 (3) The Clerk of the Court Operations Corporation 11 provides the Legislative Budget Commission with a proposed 12 staffing model, including the cost and number of staff 13 necessary to support each new judge for each clerk who is the 14 subject of the request. 15 (4) The Clerk of the Court Operations Corporation 16 provides the Legislative Budget Commission with an analysis 17 indicating that the total amount of any approved increase in 18 the clerks' maximum annual budgets for the cost of new judges 19 in the county 2005-2006 fiscal year does not exceed 20 $3,622,239. 21 22 23 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 24 25 26 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 On page 1, line 13, after the semicolon, 29 30 insert: 31 authorizing the Clerk of the Court Operations 2 1:16 PM 05/02/05 s2048c3c-14-tl9
Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 2048 Barcode 562934 1 Corporation to request, and the Legislative 2 Budget Commission to approve, adjustments to 3 certain clerks' budgets under certain 4 conditions; 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 1:16 PM 05/02/05 s2048c3c-14-tl9