Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1414
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/10/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Bradley) recommended the following:
       
       
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (851326) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 139 - 140
    5  and insert:
    6  	(9)(a) The Department of Revenue shall review county
    7  juvenile detention payments to the Department of Juvenile
    8  Justice for the purpose of ensuring that counties fulfill their
    9  financial responsibilities required in this section. The
   10  Department of Revenue shall determine whether the counties have
   11  reimbursed the Department of Juvenile Justice for the county’s
   12  share of detention costs as provided in this section. If the
   13  Department of Revenue determines that a county has not met its
   14  obligations, it must deduct the amount owed to the Department of
   15  Juvenile Justice from funds provided to the county under s.
   16  218.23.
   17  	(b) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties
   18  before July 1, 2015, for which distributions made pursuant to s.
   19  218.23 are pledged, or bonds issued to refund such bonds which
   20  mature no later than the bonds they refunded and which result in
   21  a reduction of debt service payable in each fiscal year, the
   22  amount available for distribution to a county shall remain as
   23  provided by law and continue to be subject to any lien or claim
   24  on behalf of the bondholders. The Department of Revenue must
   25  ensure, based on information provided by an affected county,
   26  that any reduction in amounts distributed pursuant to paragraph
   27  (a) does not reduce the amount of distribution to a county below
   28  the amount necessary for the timely payment of principal and
   29  interest when due on the bonds and the amount necessary to
   30  comply with any covenant under the bond resolution or other
   31  documents relating to the issuance of the bonds. If a reduction
   32  to a county’s monthly distribution must be decreased in order to
   33  comply with this paragraph, the Department of Revenue must
   34  notify the Department of Juvenile Justice of the amount of the
   35  decrease, and the Department of Juvenile Justice must send a
   36  bill for payment of such amount to the affected county.
   37  	(10)(11) The department may adopt rules to administer this
   38  section.
   39         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 985.6015, Florida
   40  Statutes, is amended to read:
   41         985.6015 Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust
   42  Fund.—
   43         (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for
   44  funds to be used for the costs of predisposition juvenile
   45  detention. Moneys credited to the trust fund shall consist of
   46  funds from the counties’ share of the costs for predisposition
   47  juvenile detention.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50  And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 13
   52  and insert:
   53         deleting obsolete provisions; providing for review of
   54         county payments; providing penalties; providing
   55         certain assurances to holders of bonds issued by
   56         counties; amending s. 985.6014, F.S.; deleting
   57         “predisposition”; providing an effective