Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (535720) for CS for SB 1396
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The Committee on Appropriations (Steube) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete line 149
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5 Section 5. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
6 subsection (3) of section 105.031, Florida Statutes, is amended
7 to read:
8 105.031 Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items
9 required to be filed.—
10 (3) QUALIFYING FEE.—
11 (a) Each candidate qualifying for election to a judicial
12 office or the office of school board member, except write-in
13 judicial or school board candidates, shall, during the time for
14 qualifying, pay to the officer with whom he or she qualifies a
15 qualifying fee, which shall consist of a filing fee and an
16 election assessment, or qualify by the petition process. The
17 amount of the filing fee is 3 percent of the annual salary of
18 the office sought. The amount of the election assessment is 1
19 percent of the annual salary of the office sought. Except as
20 provided in paragraph (b), the Department of State shall
21 transfer all filing fees to the Department of Legal Affairs for
22 deposit in the Elections Commission Trust Fund and. the
23 supervisor of elections shall forward all filing fees to the
24 Elections Commission Trust Fund. The election assessment shall
25 be deposited into the Elections Commission Trust Fund. The
26 annual salary of the office for purposes of computing the
27 qualifying fee shall be computed by multiplying 12 times the
28 monthly salary authorized for such office as of July 1
29 immediately preceding the first day of qualifying. This
30 paragraph subsection does not apply to candidates qualifying for
31 retention to judicial office.
32 (b) Not later than 20 days after the close of qualifying,
33 the Department of State or the supervisor of elections, as
34 appropriate, shall refund the full amount of the qualifying fee
35 to a candidate for the office of circuit court judge or county
36 court judge who is unopposed at the time the qualifying period
37 closes.
38 Section 6. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
39 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
40 becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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43 And the title is amended as follows:
44 Delete lines 2 - 33
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46 An act relating to the judicial branch; creating s.
47 25.025, F.S.; authorizing certain Supreme Court
48 Justices to have an appropriate facility in their
49 district of residence designated as their official
50 headquarters; providing that an official headquarters
51 may serve only as a justice’s private chambers;
52 providing that such justices are eligible for a
53 certain subsistence allowance and reimbursement for
54 certain transportation expenses; requiring that such
55 allowance and reimbursement be made to the extent
56 appropriated funds are available, as determined by the
57 Chief Justice; requiring the Chief Justice to
58 coordinate with certain persons in implementing
59 designations of official headquarters; providing that
60 a county is not required to provide space for a
61 justice in a county courthouse; authorizing counties
62 to enter into agreements with the Supreme Court for
63 the use of county courthouse space; prohibiting the
64 Supreme Court from using state funds to lease space in
65 a facility to allow a justice to establish an official
66 headquarters; amending s. 26.031, F.S.; adding judges
67 to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court; amending s.
68 34.01, F.S.; increasing the limit of the amount in
69 controversy in certain actions at law under which the
70 county court has original jurisdiction of such
71 actions; providing for adjustments to the limit at
72 specified intervals due to inflation or deflation;
73 specifying filing fees, services charges, and a
74 requirement for the clerk of court’s remittal of such
75 fees in actions in which the amount in controversy
76 exceeds a specified amount; amending s. 34.022, F.S.;
77 adding judges to certain county courts; amending s.
78 105.031, F.S.; requiring the appropriate qualifying
79 officer to refund the qualifying fee to an unopposed
80 candidate for the office of circuit court judge or
81 county court judge by a specified date; providing
82 effective dates.