995067                                                     

Committee
JA
Amendment
19
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
SB2700                                                   


Senator(s) Deutch and Aronberg moved the following amendment:


Section: 04
On Page: 137             

Spec App:  812B          


 EXPLANATION:
The amendment increases funding for the clerks of 
court by $23.3 million from the Clerks of Court 
Trust Fund and deletes the $5 million contingency 
fund and proviso that specifies clerk unit costs for 
court related services.



NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -           18,285,241                     0           18,285,241 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amounts    Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE               INSERT

        JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Clerks Of Court
        Clerks Of Court  21350100

        In Section 04  On Page 137
812B    Lump Sum  090131
        Clerk Contingency Fund  IOEA

        In Section 04  On Page 138

   2588   From The Clerks Of The Court Trust       5,000,000              0
          Fund
       CA -5,000,000  FSI1 -5,000,000  

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 812B:

Specific  Appropriation  812B  provides a contingency fund for clerks of
court. To access these funds, the Clerk of Courts Operations Corporation
must  determine that a clerk cannot operate in an effective manner under
the approved unit costs and that doing so will disrupt judicial services
and  make  a  request  to  the  Legislative  Budget  Commission  for  an
appropriation  from  the  contingency fund. The request must specify the
amount  needed  and  provide  a  plan of action to reduce clerk costs in
order to operate under the approved unit costs in the next fiscal year.

813     Special Categories  103010

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        Grants & Aids - Clerks Of Court  IOEB

   2588   From The Clerks Of The Court Trust     428,095,071    451,380,312
          Fund
       CA 23,285,241  FSI1 23,285,241  

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 813:

The  budget for each clerk of court and the approved unit costs required
under  s. 28.36, F.S., for the state fiscal year 2010-2011 are contained
in  the  document  entitled  "Senate  2010-11  Clerk  of Court Unit Cost
Budget"  dated  March  25,  2010  and  on file with the Secretary of the
Senate.  This  document  is  hereby  incorporated  by reference into the
2010-2011 General Appropriations Act.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.  Items printed in italics are computer codes and are not a part of the official text of this amendment.



































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