Florida Senate - 2016                       CS for CS for SB 730
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Judiciary; and Children, Families, and
       Elder Affairs; and Senator Margolis
       
       590-03311-16                                           2016730c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to professional guardians; creating s.
    3         744.1087, F.S.; limiting a specified professional
    4         guardian’s appointments to no more than 50 wards for
    5         which the 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 effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 744.1087, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         744.1087 Maximum number of wards for professional
   17  guardians.—A natural person who is a resident, as specified in
   18  s. 744.309(1), may be appointed as a professional guardian for
   19  up to 50 wards for which he or she receives compensation. If, as
   20  of July 1, 2016, such guardian has more than 50 wards for which
   21  he or she receives compensation, the guardian may not be
   22  appointed additional wards for which he or she receives
   23  compensation until he or she has fewer than 50 wards.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.