Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 464
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       30-00758-22                                            2022464__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to payments to prisoners upon release;
    3         creating ss. 944.6125 and 951.31, F.S.; providing that
    4         Florida releasees and county and municipal prisoners
    5         who receive funds in the form of payment instruments
    6         upon their release may not be charged a fee for
    7         cashing the instruments at specified businesses;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 944.6125, Florida Statutes, is created
   13  to read:
   14         944.6125 Florida releasee; gate money.—A Florida releasee
   15  who receives funds upon his or her release in the form of a
   16  payment instrument may not be charged a fee for cashing the
   17  instrument at a money services business, as those terms are
   18  defined in s. 560.103.
   19         Section 2. Section 951.31, Florida Statutes, is created to
   20  read:
   21         951.31 Releasee gate money.—A county or municipal prisoner
   22  who receives funds upon his or her release in the form of a
   23  payment instrument may not be charged a fee for cashing the
   24  instrument at a money services business, as those terms are
   25  defined in s. 560.103.
   26         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.