Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2542
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11  The Committee on Judiciary (Aronberg) recommended the
12  following amendment to amendment (742998):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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16            page 16, line 4, delete those lines
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19         Section 4.  Subsections (1), (2), (4), and (6) of
20  section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, are amended, and
21  subsections (7), (8), and (9) are added to that section, to
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23         27.5304  Private court-appointed counsel;
24  compensation.--
25         (1)  Private court-appointed counsel shall be
26  compensated by the Justice Administrative Commission in an
27  amount not to exceed the fee limits established in this
28  section. The attorney also shall be reimbursed for reasonable
29  and necessary expenses in accordance with s. 29.007. If the
30  attorney is representing a defendant charged with more than
31  one offense in the same case, the attorney shall be
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2542
                        Barcode 164004
 1  compensated at the rate provided for the most serious offense
 2  for which he or she represented the defendant. This section
 3  does not allow stacking of the fee limits established by this
 4  section. Court-appointed counsel providing representation
 5  under an alternate model shall enter into the uniform contract
 6  with the Justice Administrative Commission and shall use the
 7  Justice Administrative Commission's uniform procedures and
 8  forms in support of billing for attorney's fees, costs, and
 9  related expenses; failure to comply with the terms of the
10  contract for services may result in termination of the
11  contract.
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15  And the title is amended as follows:
16         On page 90, line 7, after the second semicolon,
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19         providing that court-appointed counsel use
20         uniform contract, procedures, and forms in
21         certain circumstances;
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