Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 730
       
       
        
       By Senator Margolis
       
       
       
       
       
       35-00381A-16                                           2016730__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to professional guardians; creating s.
    3         744.1087, F.S.; limiting a professional guardian’s
    4         appointments to no more than 50 wards for which the
    5         professional guardian receives compensation;
    6         prohibiting a professional guardian that has more than
    7         50 wards for which the professional guardian receives
    8         compensation from being appointed another ward after a
    9         certain date until the professional guardian has fewer
   10         than 50 wards; providing an exception; prohibiting a
   11         professional guardian from entering into any other
   12         contract for services or transacting additional
   13         business with a ward while serving as the ward’s
   14         professional guardian; providing an effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 744.1087, Florida Statutes, is created
   19  to read:
   20         744.1087 Maximum number of wards for professional
   21  guardians; limitations.—
   22         (1) A natural person may be appointed as a professional
   23  guardian for up to 50 wards for which he or she receives
   24  compensation. If, as of July 1, 2016, such guardian has more
   25  than 50 wards for which he or she receives compensation, the
   26  guardian may not be appointed additional wards for which he or
   27  she receives compensation until he or she has fewer than 50
   28  wards.
   29         (2) A trust company, a banking corporation, a partnership,
   30  or an association may be appointed as the professional guardian
   31  for up to 50 wards per single employee who serves in the
   32  capacity of a professional guardian. If, as of July 1, 2016, a
   33  trust company, a banking corporation, a partnership, or an
   34  association has more than 50 wards per single employee who
   35  serves in the capacity of a professional guardian for which the
   36  entity receives compensation, the entity may not be appointed
   37  additional wards for which it receives compensation until the
   38  entity has fewer than 50 wards per single employee who serves in
   39  the capacity of a professional guardian for which it receives
   40  compensation.
   41         (3) A professional guardian may be appointed wards in
   42  addition to the limits specified in this section if the services
   43  rendered to the additional wards are on a pro bono basis.
   44         (4) A professional guardian may not enter into any other
   45  contract for services or transact additional business with the
   46  ward while serving as the ward’s professional guardian.
   47         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.