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FL S1470
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/5/2024
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations
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AI Summary
- Redirects various trust fund deposits away from the Justice Administrative Commission to the applicable state attorney, public defender, or criminal conflict and civil regional counsel's own Grants and Donations Trust Fund
- Creates the Miami-Dade County Clerk of Court Driver License Reinstatement Pilot Program, authorizing the clerk of circuit court to reinstate suspended driver licenses for unpaid child support, points-based suspensions, and failures to comply with chapters 318 or 322; the program begins July 1, 2024 and is repealed July 1, 2026
- Requires the Miami-Dade clerk to submit a report by December 31, 2025 to the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker, and the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation detailing reinstatement numbers, fees collected, expenditures, and recommendations on expanding the program
- Redirects the $12.50 administrative fee for noncriminal traffic violations, splitting it equally between the Public Records Modernization Trust Fund (for court-related technology needs) and the fine and forfeiture fund, instead of the General Revenue Fund
- Adds "improving court technology" to the list of court-related functions that clerks may fund from filing fees, service charges, court costs, and fines, and redirects the $10 summons service charge from the General Revenue Fund to the local fine and forfeiture fund
Legislative Description
Clerks of Court
Last Action
Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1077
3/6/2024
Committee Referrals
Appropriations2/22/2024
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice1/30/2024
Full Bill Text
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