Florida Senate - 2009             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1720
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Conference Committee on CS for SB 1720 recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund.—
    7         (1) The Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund is
    8  created within the Justice Administrative Commission. Moneys
    9  credited to the trust fund shall be used for the purpose of
   10  funding the activities of the capital collateral regional
   11  counsels.
   12         (2) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   13  Constitution, the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund
   14  shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2013.
   15  Before its scheduled termination, the trust fund shall be
   16  reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2), Florida
   17  Statutes.
   18         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   19  27.702, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         27.702 Duties of the capital collateral regional counsel;
   21  reports.—
   22         (3)(a) The capital collateral regional counsel shall file
   23  motions seeking compensation for representation and
   24  reimbursement for expenses pursuant to 18 U.S.C. s. 3006A when
   25  providing representation to indigent persons in the federal
   26  courts, and shall deposit all such payments received into the
   27  Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust General Revenue Fund.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to trust funds; creating the Capital
   36         Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund; specifying the
   37         purposes of the trust fund; providing for future
   38         review and termination or re-creation of the trust
   39         fund; amending s. 27.702, F.S.; providing for the
   40         deposit of funds reimbursing the state for
   41         representation of certain indigent persons into the
   42         Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund;
   43         providing an effective date.