| 1 | Representative Seiler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 276-278 and insert: |
| 5 | (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, counsel |
| 6 | appointed by the public defender to represent any individual in |
| 7 | a criminal or civil proceeding who is entitled to representation |
| 8 | pursuant to the Constitution of the United States or the State |
| 9 | Constitution or as authorized by general law, shall constitute |
| 10 | court-appointed counsel for purposes of s. 14, Art. V of the |
| 11 | State Constitution and the provision of such counsel shall be |
| 12 | funded through annual appropriations as provided by general law. |
| 13 | (10) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the |
| 14 | contrary, no county shall be required, or be otherwise |
| 15 | obligated, to provide any funding for court-appointed counsel or |
| 16 | for counsel appointed by the public defender as described in |
| 17 | subsection (9), including the cost of communications services, |
| 18 | existing radio systems, existing multiagency criminal justice |
| 19 | information systems, and the cost of the construction or lease, |
| 20 | maintenance, utilities, and security of facilities as described |
| 21 | in s. 29.008. |
| 22 | (11)(10) This section does not apply to attorneys |
| 23 | appointed to represent persons in postconviction capital |
| 24 | collateral cases pursuant to part IV of this chapter. |
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| 27 | Remove line 7 and insert: |
| 28 | expenditures; providing contract requirements; |
| 29 | providing that counsel appointed to represent |
| 30 | individuals entitled to counsel under specified |
| 31 | provisions shall be funded through appropriations as |
| 32 | provided by general law; providing that counties shall |
| 33 | not be required to pay for counsel appointed in |
| 34 | accordance with a specified provision; repealing |