The Florida Senate

CS/HB 7095: Clerks of Court

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Judiciary Committee ; Snyder

Clerks of Court; Authorizes rather than requires clerk to review records to determine whether applicant for public defender is indigent; requires clerks to use specified system & submit data based on designated case types; revises provisions relating to fees to reopen proceedings; requires clerk to pursue collection of fees; authorizes charge for electronic certified copy of summons; requires rescheduling fee if sale of property is rescheduled by plaintiff; revises provisions relating to juries; provides that action to collect court costs or fines owed to state may be commenced at any time; requires clerk to notify Commission on Ethics of certain proceedings; requires state agencies that issue business or professional licenses to obtain information relating to criminal convictions of licensees; authorizes court to require defendant to pay costs pursuant to payment plan; provides that judgment & related costs are civil lien against real or personal property if judgment recorded; requires, as condition of parole, payment of fines, fees, or other court-ordered costs; revises provisions relating to suspension, revocation, & reinstatement of professional licenses due to convictions for certain criminal offenses.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (3)
• Bill Text (3)
• Amendments (1)
• Analyses (2)
• Vote History (2)
• Citations (21)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2012	House	• Filed • Introduced -HJ 460
2/6/2012	House	• Referred to Appropriations Committee -HJ 525
2/13/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/15/12, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2/15/2012	House	• CS by- Appropriations Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -HJ 671
2/16/2012	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 667
2/17/2012	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 682
2/20/2012	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/12
2/22/2012	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 701 • Placed on 3rd reading
2/23/2012	House	• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 751
2/24/2012	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 821 • CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 -HJ 822
2/27/2012	Senate	• In Messages
3/5/2012	Senate	• Received -SJ 837 • Referred to Regulated Industries; Judiciary; Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Budget -SJ 837
3/8/2012	Senate	• Withdrawn from Regulated Industries; Judiciary; Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; Budget -SJ 1003 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1003 • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1166 -SJ 1003 • Read 2nd time -SJ 1003 • Read 3rd time -SJ 1003 • CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 1003
3/8/2012	House	• Ordered enrolled -HJ 1245
3/30/2012		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/6/2012		• Approved by Governor
4/8/2012		• Chapter No. 2012-100

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1166 (c2)	Clerks of Court	Simmons	Similar	Last Action: 3/8/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7095 (Ch. 2012-100) -SJ 1003 Location: Laid on Table
H 481 (c4)	Clerks of Court	Pilon	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Regulated Industries, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 937 (Ch. 2012-212), CS/HB 7095 (Ch. 2012-100) Location: In committee/council (RI)
S 860 (c2)	Clerks of Court	Wise	Compare	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 937 (Ch. 2012-212), CS/HB 7095 (Ch. 2012-100) Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 7095 Filed	2/3/2012 5:13 PM	PDF
H 7095 c1	2/16/2012 3:22 PM	PDF
H 7095 er	3/8/2012 10:05 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 7095 Filed

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
322919 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Snyder	2/14/2012 9:34 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/15/2012	PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 7095	Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting)	4/10/2012 8:48 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 7095	Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting)	2/16/2012 3:21 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
H 7095 c1	2/24/2012 1:09 PM	House	111 Yeas - 0 Nays
H 7095 c1	3/8/2012 3:57 PM	Senate	40 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (21)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
27.52	Determination of indigent status.	Page 5 (pdf)
28.24	Service charges by clerk of the circuit court.	Page 6 (pdf)
28.2405		Page 9 (pdf)
28.241	Filing fees for trial and appellate proceedings.	Page 9 (pdf)
28.37	Fines, fees, service charges, and costs remitted to the state.	Page 17 (pdf)
34.041	Filing fees.	Page 18 (pdf)
40.011	Jury lists.	Page 20 (pdf)
40.02	Selection of jury lists.	Page 22 (pdf)
40.022	Clerk to purge jury selection lists; restoration.	Page 24 (pdf)
40.221	Drawing jury venire.	Page 25 (pdf)
40.225	Drawing jury venire; alternative method.	Page 25 (pdf)
57.081	Costs; right to proceed where prepayment of costs and payment of filing fees waived.	Page 27 (pdf)
95.11	Limitations other than for the recovery of real property.	Page 28 (pdf)
112.3173	Felonies involving breach of public trust and other specified offenses by public officers and employees; forfeiture of retirement benefits.	Page 29 (pdf)
318.18	Amount of penalties.	Page 29 (pdf)
668.50	Uniform Electronic Transaction Act.	Page 31 (pdf)
733.707	Order of payment of expenses and obligations.	Page 32 (pdf)
893.11	Suspension, revocation, and reinstatement of business and professional licenses.	Page 32 (pdf)
938.27	Judgment for costs on conviction.	Page 35 (pdf)
938.30	Financial obligations in criminal cases; supplementary proceedings.	Page 36 (pdf)
947.181	Victim restitution as condition of parole.	Page 37 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.