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The Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (Dean)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete lines 198 through 217

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and insert:

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     Section 3.  Section 27.562, Florida Statutes, is amended to

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read:

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     27.562 Disposition of funds.--The first $40 of All funds

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collected pursuant to s. 938.29 shall be remitted to the

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Department of Revenue for deposit deposited into the Justice

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Administrative Commission's Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund

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pursuant to s. 27.525. The remaining funds collected pursuant to

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s. 938.29 shall be distributed as follows:

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     (1) Twenty-five percent shall be remitted to the Department

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of Revenue for deposit into the Justice Administrative

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Commission's Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund.

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     (2) Seventy-five percent shall be remitted to the

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Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund.

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The Justice Administrative Commission shall account for funds

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deposited into the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund by

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circuit. Appropriations from the fund shall be proportional to

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each circuit's collections. All judgments entered pursuant to

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this part shall be in the name of the state.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete lines 14 through 17

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and insert:

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the act; amending s. 27.562, F.S.; requiring that all

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application fees, attorney's fees, court costs, and

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assessments collected from a defendant be deposited into

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the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund; amending s.

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28.24, F.S.; increasing charges for

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