1 | Representative(s) Kottkamp offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
4 | Remove lines 294-350 and insert: |
5 | (I) Ten, 10 cents shall be distributed to the Florida |
6 | Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., for the cost |
7 | of development, implementation, operation, and maintenance of |
8 | the clerks' Comprehensive Case Information System, in which |
9 | system all clerks shall participate on or before January 1, |
10 | 2006. The Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, |
11 | Inc., shall provide for an annual operational audit, as defined |
12 | in s. 11.45(1)(g), of its financial accounts and records |
13 | relating to the Comprehensive Case Information System fees by an |
14 | independent certified public accountant. Such audit shall be |
15 | performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards as |
16 | adopted by the State Board of Accountancy and include a |
17 | determination as to whether the fees distributed to the Florida |
18 | Association of Court Clerks and Comptroller, Inc., were expended |
19 | solely for the purposes stated in this sub-sub-subparagraph. The |
20 | annual audit report shall be submitted within 90 days after the |
21 | end of the association's fiscal year to the Governor's Office, |
22 | the appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of |
23 | Representatives, and the Auditor General for review. However, at |
24 | its discretion, the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee may |
25 | require the Auditor General or other entity to conduct the |
26 | audit; |
27 | (II) One dollar and ninety cents; $1.90 shall be retained |
28 | by the clerk to be deposited in the Public Records Modernization |
29 | Trust Fund and used exclusively for funding court-related |
30 | technology needs of the clerk as defined in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. |
31 | and (h); and |
32 | (III) Effective April 1, 2007, $2 shall be distributed to |
33 | the Court Technology Trust Fund to be used to prepare the |
34 | judicial circuit technology strategic plan required by s. |
35 | 29.0087 and be disbursed to counties as state financial |
36 | assistance to assist the counties with the costs of providing |
37 | court-related technology and court technology needs as defined |
38 | in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state |
39 | attorney, and public defender in that county. Counties shall |
40 | agree to use funds in conformance with the judicial circuit |
41 | technology strategic plan required by s. 29.0087 as approved by |
42 | the chief judge in order to be eligible for state financial |
43 | assistance from the Court Technology Trust Fund. The amount |
44 | provided to each county from the Court Technology Trust Fund |
45 | shall be equal to each county's percentage of total collections |
46 | of the additional recording fee required by this section applied |
47 | to the total amount available to be distributed to counties. If |
48 | a county is not eligible to receive funds from the Court |
49 | Technology Trust Fund, the funds that would have otherwise been |
50 | distributed to the county shall remain in the Court Technology |
51 | Trust Fund to be used as appropriated by the Legislature board |
52 | of county commissioners to be used exclusively to fund court- |
53 | related technology, and court technology needs as defined in s. |
54 | 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h) for the state trial courts, state |
55 | attorney, and public defender in that county. |
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59 | Remove lines 22 and 23 and insert: |
60 | amending s. 28.24, F.S.; revising provisions for distributing |
61 | the additional $4 services charge |