HB 1127

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to a joint select committee of the
3	Legislature; requiring the Legislature to establish a
4	joint select committee to review methods of collecting
5	court-related fees, service charges, costs, and fines used
6	by circuit courts and county courts; providing for
7	appointment of committee members; providing for
8	designation of a chair and vice chair; requiring the
9	committee to submit recommendations for a uniform
10	statewide method for collecting such court-related fees,
11	service charges, costs, and fines; providing an effective
12	date.
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14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1.  The Legislature shall establish a joint select
17	committee to review the methods currently used by each circuit
18	court and county court in this state to collect court-related
19	fees, service charges, costs, and fines. The committee shall
20	consist of 13 members, of whom five shall be Senators appointed
21	by the President of the Senate and eight shall be
22	Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
23	Representatives. The committee chair and vice chair shall be
24	designated jointly by the President of the Senate and the
25	Speaker of the House of Representatives. The committee shall
26	review for a period of 1 year methods used by the circuit courts
27	and county courts in this state to collect court-related fees,
28	service charges, costs, and fines, after which the committee
29	shall submit recommendations to the President of the Senate and
30	the Speaker of the House of Representatives as to an effective
31	uniform statewide method for collecting court-related fees,
32	service charges, costs, and fines to be mandated for all circuit
33	courts and county courts and clerks of such courts.
34	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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