The Florida Senate

HB 53: Indigent Child/Public Defender

GENERAL BILL by Meadows

Indigent Child/Public Defender; requires that public defender represent indigent child taken into custody on specified grounds; requires that court appoint counsel for indigent child if child's parent or legal guardian is alleged victim in case; provides that parents or legal guardian shall not be liable for fees, charges, or costs upon finding by court that parent or legal guardian is victim of offense, etc. Amends 27.51, 985.033.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/29/2006	House	• Filed
  1/2/2007	House	• Referred to Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council
  1/29/2007	House	• Withdrawn from Safety & Security Council; Policy & Budget Council; Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 00013

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• HB 53, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2007 at 11:05 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 7	Juvenile Defendants/Indigent Child	Simmons	Similar	Last Action: 5/4/2007 H Died in Committee on Juvenile Justice (SS) Location:
  S 88	Juvenile Defendants/Indigent Child [LPCC]	Wise	Similar	Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Location:
  H 7083 (c1)	Indigent Persons/Legal Representation	Safety & Security Council	Compare	Last Action: 4/12/2007 H Substituted CS/SB 1088; Laid on Table, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1088 (Ch. 2007-62) -HJ 00422 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  27.51	Duties of public defender.
  985.033	Right to counsel.

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