Amendment
Bill No. 1047
Amendment No. 037975
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Stargel offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove line(s) 322-337 and insert:
5     1.  To orders entered before October 1, 2006, if the
6existing order defining custody, primary residence, or
7visitation of or with the child does not expressly govern the
8relocation of the child.
9     2.  To an order, whether temporary or permanent, regarding
10the custody, primary residence, or visitation of or with the
11child entered on or after October 1, 2006.
12     3.  To any relocation or proposed relocation, whether
13permanent or temporary, of a child during any proceeding pending
14on October 1, 2006, wherein the custody, primary residence, or
15visitation of or with the child is an issue.
16     (b)  To the extent that a provision of this section
17conflicts with an order existing on October 1, 2006, this
18section does not apply to the terms of that order which
19expressly govern relocation of the child or a change in the
20principal residence address of a parent.
21     Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
2228.241, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
23     28.241  Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.--
24     (1)
25     (b)  A party reopening any civil action, suit, or
26proceeding in the circuit court shall pay to the clerk of court
27a filing fee set by the clerk in an amount not to exceed $50.
28For purposes of this section, a case is reopened when a case
29previously reported as disposed of is resubmitted to a court and
30includes petitions for modification of a final judgment of
31dissolution. A party is exempt from paying the fee for any of
32the following:
33     1.  A writ of garnishment;
34     2.  A writ of replevin;
35     3.  A distress writ;
36     4.  A writ of attachment;
37     5.  A motion for rehearing filed within 10 days;
38     6.  A motion for attorney's fees filed within 30 days after
39entry of a judgment or final order;
40     7.  A motion for dismissal filed after a mediation
41agreement has been filed;
42     8.  A disposition of personal property without
43administration;
44     9.  Any probate case prior to the discharge of a personal
45representative;
46     10.  Any guardianship pleading prior to discharge;
47     11.  Any mental health pleading;
48     12.  Motions to withdraw by attorneys;
49     13.  Motions exclusively for the enforcement of child
50support orders;
51     14.  A petition for credit of child support;
52     15.  A Notice of Intent to Relocate and any order issuing
53as a result of an uncontested relocation;
54     16.15.  Stipulations;
55     17.16.  Responsive pleadings; or
56     18.17.  Cases in which there is no initial filing fee.
57     Section 4.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2006.
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60     Between line(s) 25 and 26, insert:
61amending s. 28.241, F.S.; providing that the filing of
62certain notices and orders regarding an uncontested
63relocation are exempt from filing fees;


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.