Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 590
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/13/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Hooper) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (870820) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 40.29, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         40.29 Payment of due-process costs.—
    9         (5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall provide
   10  funds to the clerks of the court to compensate jurors, to pay
   11  for meals or lodging provided to jurors, and to pay for jury
   12  related personnel costs as provided in this section. Each clerk
   13  of the court shall submit a request for reimbursement forward to
   14  the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within 20
   15  days after each quarter attesting to the clerk’s actual costs
   16  Justice Administrative Commission a quarterly estimate of funds
   17  necessary to compensate jurors, to and pay for meals or lodging
   18  provided to jurors, and to pay for jury-related personnel costs
   19  during the upcoming quarter. The Florida Clerks of Court
   20  Operations Corporation shall review the request for
   21  reimbursement to ensure that the costs are reasonably and
   22  directly related to jury management. The Florida Clerks of Court
   23  Operations Corporation shall forward to the Justice
   24  Administrative Commission a quarterly estimate of the amount
   25  necessary to reimburse each clerk of the court for its personnel
   26  and other costs related to jury management unless the total
   27  request for reimbursement by the clerks exceeds the quarterly
   28  funds available to the Justice Administrative Commission, in
   29  which case the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation
   30  shall adjust the cumulative total to match the available funds
   31  before submitting the request to the Justice Administrative
   32  Commission. Upon receipt of each request for reimbursement such
   33  estimates, the Justice Administrative Commission shall review
   34  determine the amount deemed necessary for payment to the clerks
   35  of the court for the most recently completed during the upcoming
   36  quarter, determine if the total payment amount is available, and
   37  submit a request for payment to the Chief Financial Officer. If
   38  the Justice Administrative Commission believes that the amount
   39  appropriated by the Legislature is insufficient to meet such
   40  costs during the remaining part of the state fiscal year, the
   41  commission may apportion the funds appropriated in the General
   42  Appropriations Act for those purposes among the several
   43  counties, basing the apportionment upon the amount expended for
   44  such purposes in each county during the prior fiscal year, in
   45  which case, the Chief Financial Officer shall issue the
   46  appropriate apportioned amount by warrant to each county. The
   47  clerks of the court are responsible for any compensation to
   48  jurors, for payments for meals or lodging provided to jurors,
   49  and for jury-related personnel costs that exceed the funding
   50  provided in the General Appropriations Act for these purposes.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
   52  
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   56  and insert:
   57                        A bill to be entitled                      
   58         An act relating to clerks of the court; amending s.
   59         40.29, F.S.; requiring the clerks of court to submit a
   60         request for reimbursement for jury-related costs to
   61         the Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within
   62         specified timeframes; requiring the Florida Clerks of
   63         Court Operations Corporation to review the requests
   64         for reimbursement; requiring the corporation to submit
   65         certain information to the commission; requiring the
   66         commission to review the information and submit a
   67         request for payment to the Chief Financial Officer
   68         under certain circumstances; removing a provision
   69         authorizing the commission to apportion funds among
   70         the counties for certain purposes; providing an
   71         effective date.