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GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  ACJ              35


Senator(s) Brandes moved the following amendment:

Section:                 EXPLANATION:

On Page: 000             Amends proviso language by removing the local 
                         matching requirement for fiscally constrained 
Spec App:                counties for problem-solving court funds.  Existing 
                         proviso requires fiscally constrained counties to 
                         provide a 20 percent match.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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        In Section     On Page 000

        In Section     On Page 390

Following Specific Appropriation , DELETE:

From  the funds in Specific Appropriation 3165A, $9,000,000 in recurring
general revenue funds and $900,000 in nonrecurring general revenue funds
are  provided for treatment services, drug testing, case management, and
ancillary  services  for offenders in problem-solving courts, including,
but  not limited to, veterans court, post-adjudicatory drug court, adult
and juvenile drug court, mental health court, and early childhood court.
From  the nonrecurring funds appropriated, $600,000 shall be expended to
support  veterans courts and $300,000 shall be expended to support early
childhood  courts. The Trial Court Budget Commission shall determine the
allocation  of  funds  to  the  circuits.    Funds distributed from this
specific  appropriation  must  be matched by local government funds. The
matching ratio for allocation of these funds shall be 40 percent local /
60  percent state funding, other than veterans court, which shall have a
matching  ratio  of 20 percent local / 80 percent state funding.  If the
county  meets  the  definition  of  a  "fiscally constrained county", as
provided in section 218.67, Florida Statutes, the matching ratio for any
problem-solving  court  shall  be  20  percent  local / 80 percent state
funding.

AND INSERT:

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From the funds in Specific Appropriation 3165A, $9,000,000 in recurring 
general revenue funds and $900,000 in nonrecurring general revenue funds 
are provided for treatment services, drug testing, case management, and 
ancillary services for offenders in problem-solving courts, including, 
but not limited to, veterans court, post-adjudicatory drug court, adult 
and juvenile drug court, mental health court, and early childhood court. 
From the nonrecurring funds appropriated, $600,000 shall be expended to 
support veterans courts and $300,000 shall be expended to support early 
childhood courts. The Trial Court Budget Commission shall determine the 
allocation of funds to the circuits. Funds distributed from this 
specific appropriation must be matched by local government funds. The 
matching ratio for allocation of these funds shall be 40 percent local / 
60 percent state funding, other than veterans court, which shall have a 
matching ratio of 20 percent local / 80 percent state funding.  If the 
county meets the definition of a "fiscally constrained county", as 
provided in section 218.67, Florida Statutes, no local match will be 
required.

































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