Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 950 Barcode 117654 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/19/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Hays) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (363276) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 127 - 129 5 and insert: 6 (2)(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the clerk of court 7 may not assess a filing fee to file a petition for protection 8 against stalking or cyberstalking. However, subject to 9 legislative appropriation, the clerk of the circuit court may, 10 on a quarterly basis, submit to the Office of the State Courts 11 Administrator a certified request for reimbursement for 12 petitions for protection against stalking or cyberstalking 13 issued by the court, at the rate of $40 per petition. The 14 request for reimbursement shall be submitted in the form and 15 manner prescribed by the Office of the State Courts 16 Administrator. From this reimbursement, the clerk shall pay any 17 law enforcement agency serving the injunction the fee requested 18 by the law enforcement agency; however, this fee may not exceed 19 $20. 20 (b) A bond is not required by the court for the entry of an 21 injunction. 22 (c)1. The clerk of the court shall assist petitioners in 23 24 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 25 And the title is amended as follows: 26 Delete line 576 27 and insert: 28 providing for venue of the cause of action; 29 prohibiting the clerk of court from assessing a filing 30 fee; providing an exception; providing