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CS/SB 300: Service of Process [LPCC]

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Crist

Service of Process [LPCC]; Increases the fees charged by the sheriff in civil cases for service of process from $20 to $40. Deletes a prohibition on additional fees for alias and pluries documents when service was not effected on the original document in the county of original request by that sheriff. Provides that criminal witness subpoenas and criminal summonses may be served by a special process server appointed by the local sheriff or by a certified process server, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2008
 Last Action: 5/2/2008 Senate - In returning messages; Died in returning Messages
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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/24/2007 Senate • Filed
    11/28/2007 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
    1/15/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/23/08, 9:00 am, 110-S
    1/23/2008 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
    1/24/2008 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
    2/5/2008 Senate • Now in Criminal Justice
    2/29/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 401-S
    3/4/2008 Senate • Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00020; On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/23/08, 9:00 am, 110-S; CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00131; CS read 1st time on 03/04/08 -SJ 00124; Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2); Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00131; On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/05/08, 9:00 am, 401-S
    3/5/2008 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00162; Now in Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00162
    4/3/2008 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 04/08/08, 1:00 pm, 37-S
    4/8/2008 Senate • Favorable by- Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 00478; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 00479
    4/10/2008 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00518
    4/16/2008 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 00554; Amendment(s) adopted (217250) -SJ 00555; CS passed as amended (217250); YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 00555
    4/17/2008 House • In Messages
    4/27/2008 House • Received, referred to Calendar -HJ 00969
    5/2/2008 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 01922; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 01922; Read 3rd time -HJ 01924; CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 01924
    5/2/2008 Senate • In returning messages; Died in returning Messages

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  • CS/SB 300, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/16/2008 at 2:40 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 1730 (c2) Service of Process [LPCC] Oelrich Similar Last Action: 5/2/2008 S Died in Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
    Location:
    H 209 (c1) Service of Process Seiler Compare Last Action: 5/2/2008 H Died on Calendar
    Location:

    Floor Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    613757 - Amendment
    		Gardiner 4/28/2008
    9:59 AM     		Web Page
    PDF
    764281 - Amendment
    		Seiler 5/2/2008
    3:56 PM     		Web Page
    PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    5/2/2008 4:49 PM House 118 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    30.231 Sheriffs' fees for service of summons, subpoenas, and executions.
    48.021 Process; by whom served.
    48.27 Certified process servers.
    56.041 Executions; collection and return.
    56.21 Execution sales; notice.
    56.27 Executions; payment of money collected.
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement.
    784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk of court; filing and form of petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance; statewide verification system; enforcement.

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  • CS/SB 300, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/24/2008 at 3:31 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2008 (pdf)
    Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2008 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/24/2008 (pdf)

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    217250 - Amendment
    		Crist 4/15/2008
    7:58 PM     		Senate: Adopted
    4/16/2008     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/5/2008 9:00 AM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/8/2008 1:00 PM Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/16/2008 11:46 AM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    30.231 Sheriffs' fees for service of summons, subpoenas, and executions.
    48.021 Process; by whom served.
    48.27 Certified process servers.
    56.041 Executions; collection and return.
    56.21 Execution sales; notice.
    56.27 Executions; payment of money collected.
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement.
    784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk of court; filing and form of petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance; statewide verification system; enforcement.

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  • SB 300, Original Filed Version Posted 11/9/2007 at 12:46 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    553692 - Amendment
    		Judiciary
    (Gaetz)     		1/22/2008
    5:12 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/23/2008     		Web Page
    PDF
    438056 - Amendment
    		Judiciary
    (Gaetz)     		1/22/2008
    5:12 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/23/2008     		Web Page
    PDF
    311590 - Amendment
    		Judiciary
    (Gaetz)     		1/22/2008
    5:12 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/23/2008     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/23/2008 9:00 AM Judiciary 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    30.231 Sheriffs' fees for service of summons, subpoenas, and executions.
    48.021 Process; by whom served.
    56.041 Executions; collection and return.
    56.21 Execution sales; notice.
    56.27 Executions; payment of money collected.
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement.
    784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk of court; filing and form of petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance; statewide verification system; enforcement.

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