Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1470
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/20/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Pizzo) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 439 and 440
    4  insert:
    5         Section 11. Present subsection (2) of section 142.01,
    6  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), a new
    7  subsection (2) is added to that section, and subsection (1) of
    8  that section is amended, to read:
    9         142.01 Fine and forfeiture fund; disposition of revenue;
   10  clerk of the circuit court.—
   11         (1)(a) There shall be established by the clerk of the
   12  circuit court in each county of this state a separate fund to be
   13  known as the fine and forfeiture fund for use by the clerk of
   14  the circuit court in performing court-related functions. The
   15  fund shall consist of the following:
   16         1.(a) Fines and penalties pursuant to ss. 28.2402(2),
   17  34.045(2), 316.193, 327.35, 327.72, 379.2203(1), and 775.083(1).
   18         2.(b) That portion of civil penalties directed to this fund
   19  pursuant to s. 318.21.
   20         3.(c) Court costs pursuant to ss. 28.2402(1)(b),
   21  34.045(1)(b), 318.14(10)(b), 318.18(11)(a), 327.73(9)(a) and
   22  (11)(a), and 938.05(3).
   23         4.(d) Proceeds from forfeited bail bonds, unclaimed bonds,
   24  unclaimed moneys, or recognizances pursuant to ss. 321.05(4)(a),
   25  379.2203(1), and 903.26(3)(a).
   26         5.(e) Fines and forfeitures pursuant to s. 34.191.
   27         6.(f) Filing fees received pursuant to ss. 28.241 and
   28  34.041, unless the disposition of such fees is otherwise
   29  required by law.
   30         7.(g) All other revenues received by the clerk as revenue
   31  authorized by law to be retained by the clerk.
   32         (b) The clerk of the circuit court in each county may
   33  invest funds held in the fine and forfeiture fund as provided in
   34  paragraph (a) in an interest-bearing account.
   35         (2) Interest earned in the fine and forfeiture fund must be
   36  deposited into the Public Records Modernization Trust Fund to be
   37  used exclusively for additional court-related operations and
   38  enhancements.
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   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41  And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete line 40
   43  and insert:
   44         action program; amending s. 142.01, F.S.; authorizing
   45         clerks of the circuit court to invest specified funds
   46         in an interest-bearing account; requiring that
   47         interest earned in the fine and forfeiture fund be
   48         deposited in the Public Records Modernization Trust
   49         Fund and used exclusively for certain operations and
   50         enhancements; amending s. 186.003, F.S.; revising