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15	15		An act relating to clerks of court; amending s. 27.52, 2
16	16		F.S.; revising the fund into which moneys recovered by 3
17	17		certain state attorneys must be remitted; amending s. 4
18	18		27.54, F.S.; revising the fund into which certain 5
19	19		payments received must be remitted as related to 6
20	20		public defenders or regional counsels; amending s. 7
21	21		27.703, F.S.; revising the entity that funds the 8
22	22		capital collateral regional counsel ; amending s. 9
23	23		28.35, F.S.; revising the list of court -related 10
24	24		functions that clerks may fund from filing fees, 11
25	25		service charges, court costs, and fines; amending s. 12
26	26		34.041, F.S.; revising the fund into which certain 13
27	27		filing fees are to be deposited; amending 57.082, 14
28	28		F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the 15
29	29		act; amending s. 110.112, F.S.; removing a provision 16
30	30		requiring each state attorney to publish an annual 17
31	31		report addressing results of his or her affirmative 18
32	32		action program; amending s. 142.01, F.S. ; authorizing 19
33	33		clerks of the circuit court to invest specified funds 20
34	34		in an interest-bearing account; requiring that 21
35	35		interest earned in the fine and forfeiture fund be 22
36	36		deposited in the Public Records Modernization Trust 23
37	37		Fund and used exclusively for certain operations and 24
38	38		enhancements; amending s. 186.003, F.S.; revising the 25
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51	51		definition of "state agency" for certain purposes; 26
52	52		amending s. 318.18, F.S.; revising the distribution of 27
53	53		certain administrative fees; creating s. 322.76, F.S.; 28
54	54		creating the Clerk of the Court Driver License 29
55	55		Reinstatement Pilot Program; authorizing the Clerk of 30
56	56		the Circuit Court for Miami -Dade County to reinstate 31
57	57		or provide an affidavit to the department to reinstate 32
58	58		certain suspended driver licenses; establishing 33
59	59		requirements for the cler k under the program to be 34
60	60		performed by a date certain; providing for expiration 35
61	61		of the program; amending s. 501.2101, F.S.; revising 36
62	62		the funds into which certain moneys received by state 37
63	63		attorneys must be deposited; providing an effective 38
64	64		date. 39
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66	66		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 41
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68	68		Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 43
69	69		27.52, Florida Statutes is amended to read: 44
70	70		27.52 Determination of indigent status. — 45
71	71		(7) FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES; FRAUD; FALSE INFORMATION. — 46
72	72		(b) If the court has reason to believe that any applicant, 47
73	73		through fraud or misrepresentation, was improperly determined to 48
74	74		be indigent or indigent for costs, the matter shall be referred 49
75	75		to the state attorney. Twenty -five percent of any amount 50
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88	88		recovered by the state attorney as reasonable value of the 51
89	89		services rendered, including fees, charges, and costs paid by 52
90	90		the state on the person's behalf, shall be remitted to the 53
91	91		Department of Revenue for deposit into the Grants and Donations 54
92	92		Trust Fund of the applicable state attorney within the Justice 55
93	93		Administrative Commission . Seventy-five percent of any amount 56
94	94		recovered shall be remitted to the Department of Revenue for 57
95	95		deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 58
96	96		Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of sec tion 59
97	97		27.54, Florida Statutes, is amended to 60
98	98		27.54 Limitation on payment of expenditures other than by 61
99	99		the state.— 62
100	100		(2) A county or municipality may contract with, or 63
101	101		appropriate or contribute funds to, the operation of the offices 64
102	102		of the various public defenders and regional counsels counsel as 65
103	103		provided in this subsection. A public defender or regional 66
104	104		counsel defending violations of special laws or county or 67
105	105		municipal ordinances punishable by incarceration and not 68
106	106		ancillary to a state charge shall contr act with counties and 69
107	107		municipalities to recover the full cost of services rendered on 70
108	108		an hourly basis or reimburse the state for the full cost of 71
109	109		assigning one or more full -time equivalent attorney positions to 72
110	110		work on behalf of the county or municipality. Notwithstanding 73
111	111		any other provision of law, in the case of a county with a 74
112	112		population of less than 75,000, the public defender or regional 75
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125	125		counsel shall contract for full reimbursement, or for 76
126	126		reimbursement as the parties otherwise agree. In local ordinan ce 77
127	127		violation cases, the county or municipality shall pay for due 78
128	128		process services that are approved by the court, including 79
129	129		deposition costs, deposition transcript costs, investigative 80
130	130		costs, witness fees, expert witness costs, and interpreter 81
131	131		costs. The person charged with the violation shall be assessed a 82
132	132		fee for the services of a public defender or regional counsel 83
133	133		and other costs and fees paid by the county or municipality, 84
134	134		which assessed fee may be reduced to a lien, in all instances in 85
135	135		which the person enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is 86
136	136		found to be in violation or guilty of any count or lesser 87
137	137		included offense of the charge or companion case charges, 88
138	138		regardless of adjudication. The court shall determine the amount 89
139	139		of the obligation. The county or municipality may recover 90
140	140		assessed fees through collections court or as otherwise 91
141	141		permitted by law, and any fees recovered pursuant to this 92
142	142		section shall be forwarded to the applicable county or 93
143	143		municipality as reimbursement. 94
144	144		(c) Any payments received pursuant to this subsection 95
145	145		shall be deposited into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of 96
146	146		within the applicable public defender or criminal conflict and 97
147	147		civil regional counsel Justice Administrative Commission for 98
148	148		appropriation by the Legislature. 99
149	149		Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 27.703, Florida 100
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162	162		Statutes, is amended to read: 101
163	163		27.703 Conflict of interest and substitute counsel. — 102
164	164		(2) Appointed counsel shall be paid from funds 103
165	165		appropriated to the Justice Administrative Commission Chief 104
166	166		Financial Officer. The hourly rate may not exceed $100. However, 105
167	167		all appointments of private counsel under this section shall be 106
168	168		in accordance with ss. 27.710 and 27.711. 107
169	169		Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 108
170	170		28.35, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 109
171	171		28.35 Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. — 110
172	172		(3)(a) The list of court -related functions that clerks may 111
173	173		fund from filing fees, service charges, court costs, and fines 112
174	174		is limited to those functions expressly authorized by law or 113
175	175		court rule. Those functions include the following: case 114
176	176		maintenance; records management; court preparation and 115
177	177		attendance; processing the assignment, reopening, and 116
178	178		reassignment of cases; processing of appeals; collection and 117
179	179		distribution of fines, fees, service charges, and court costs; 118
180	180		processing of bond forfeiture payments; data collection and 119
181	181		reporting; determinations of indigent status; improving court 120
182	182		technology; and paying reasonable administrative support costs 121
183	183		to enable the clerk of the court to carry out these court-122
184	184		related functions. 123
185	185		Section 5. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 124
186	186		34.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 125
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199	199		34.041 Filing fees.— 126
200	200		(1) 127
201	201		(d) The clerk of court shall collect a service charge of 128
202	202		$10 for issuing a summons or an electronic certified copy of a 129
203	203		summons, which the clerk shall deposit into the fine and 130
204	204		forfeiture fund established pursuant to s. 142.01 remit to the 131
205	205		Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue 132
206	206		Fund. The clerk shall assess the fee against the party seeking 133
207	207		to have the summons issued. 134
208	208		Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 135
209	209		57.082, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 136
210	210		57.082 Determination of civil indigent status. — 137
211	211		(7) FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES; FRAUD; FALSE INFORMATION. — 138
212	212		(b) If the court has reason to believe that any applicant, 139
213	213		through fraud or misrepresentation, was improperly determined to 140
214	214		be indigent, the matter shall be referred t o the state attorney. 141
215	215		Twenty-five percent of any amount recovered by the state 142
216	216		attorney as reasonable value of the services rendered, including 143
217	217		fees, charges, and costs paid by the state on the person's 144
218	218		behalf, shall be remitted to the Department of Revenu e for 145
219	219		deposit into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund of within the 146
220	220		applicable state attorney Justice Administrative Commission . 147
221	221		Seventy-five percent of any amount recovered shall be remitted 148
222	222		to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the General 149
223	223		Revenue Fund. 150
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236	236		Section 7. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 151
237	237		110.112, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 152
238	238		110.112 Affirmative action; equal employment opportunity. — 153
239	239		(4) Each state attorney and public defender shall: 154
240	240		(d) Report annually to the J ustice Administrative 155
241	241		Commission on the implementation, continuance, updating, and 156
242	242		results of his or her affirmative action program for the 157
243	243		previous fiscal year. 158
244	244		Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 142.01, Florida 159
245	245		Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (3), subsection (1) is 160
246	246		amended, and a new subsection (2) is added to that section, to 161
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248	248		142.01 Fine and forfeiture fund; disposition of revenue; 163
249	249		clerk of the circuit court. — 164
250	250		(1)(a) There shall be established by the clerk of the 165
251	251		circuit court in each county of this state a separate fund to be 166
252	252		known as the fine and forfeiture fund for use by the clerk of 167
253	253		the circuit court in performing court -related functions. The 168
254	254		fund shall consist of the following: 169
255	255		1.(a) Fines and penalties pursuant to ss. 28.240 2(2), 170
256	256		34.045(2), 316.193, 327.35, 327.72, 379.2203(1), and 775.083(1). 171
257	257		2.(b) That portion of civil penalties directed to this 172
258	258		fund pursuant to s. 318.21. 173
259	259		3.(c) Court costs pursuant to ss. 28.2402(1)(b), 174
260	260		34.045(1)(b), 318.14(10)(b), 318.18(11)(a), 327.7 3(9)(a) and 175
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273	273		(11)(a), and 938.05(3). 176
274	274		4.(d) Proceeds from forfeited bail bonds, unclaimed bonds, 177
275	275		unclaimed moneys, or recognizances pursuant to ss. 321.05(4)(a), 178
276	276		379.2203(1), and 903.26(3)(a). 179
277	277		5.(e) Fines and forfeitures pursuant to s. 34.191. 180
278	278		6.(f) Filing fees received pursuant to ss. 28.241 and 181
279	279		34.041, unless the disposition of such fees is otherwise 182
280	280		required by law. 183
281	281		7.(g) All other revenues received by the clerk as revenue 184
282	282		authorized by law to be retained by the clerk. 185
283	283		(b) The clerk of the circui t court in each county may 186
284	284		invest funds held in the fine and forfeiture fund as provided in 187
285	285		paragraph (a) in an interest -bearing account. 188
286	286		(2) Interest earned in the fine and forfeiture fund must 189
287	287		be deposited into the Public Records Modernization Trust Fu nd to 190
288	288		be used exclusively for additional court -related operations and 191
289	289		enhancements. 192
290	290		Section 9. Subsection (6) of section 186.003, Florida 193
291	291		Statutes, is amended to read: 194
292	292		186.003 Definitions; ss. 186.001 -186.031, 186.801-195
293	293		186.901.—As used in ss. 186.001 -186.031 and 186.801-186.901, the 196
294	294		term: 197
295	295		(6) "State agency" or "agency" means any official, officer, 198
296	296		commission, board, authority, council, committee, or department 199
297	297		of the executive branch of state government. For purposes of 200
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310	310		this chapter, "state agency" or "agency" includes state 201
311	311		attorneys, public defenders, the capital collateral regional 202
312	312		counsel, the Justice Administrative Commission, and the Public 203
313	313		Service Commission. 204
314	314		Section 10. Subsection (18) of section 318.18, Florida 205
315	315		Statutes, is amended to read: 206
316	316		318.18 Amount of penalties. —The penalties required for a 207
317	317		noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal 208
318	318		offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows: 209
319	319		(18) In addition to any penalties imposed, an 210
320	320		administrative fee of $12.50 must be paid for all noncriminal 211
321	321		moving and nonmoving violations under chapters 316, 320, and 212
322	322		322. Of this administrative fee, $6.25 must be deposited into 213
323	323		the Public Records Modernizati on Trust Fund and used exclusively 214
324	324		for funding court-related technology needs of the clerk, as 215
325	325		defined in s. 29.008(1)(f)2. and (h), and $6.25 must be 216
326	326		deposited into the fine and forfeiture fund established pursuant 217
327	327		to s. 142.01 The clerk shall remit the a dministrative fee to the 218
328	328		Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund . 219
329	329		Section 11. Section 322.76, Florida Statutes, is created 220
330	330		to read: 221
331	331		322.76 Miami-Dade County the Clerk of Court Driver License 222
332	332		Reinstatement Pilot Program. -There is created in Miami-Dade 223
333	333		County the Clerk of Court Driver License Reinstatement Pilot 224
334	334		Program. 225
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347	347		(1) As used in this section, the term "clerk" means the 226
348	348		Clerk of the Circuit Court for Miami -Dade County. 227
349	349		(2) Notwithstanding any other provision to the con trary in 228
350	350		this chapter, the clerk may reinstate or provide an affidavit to 229
351	351		the department to reinstate a suspended driver license: 230
352	352		(a) For a person's failure to fulfill a court -ordered 231
353	353		child support obligation. 232
354	354		(b) As a result of the end of suspension b ecause of 233
355	355		points, under s. 322.27, notwithstanding hardship license. 234
356	356		(c) For failure to comply with any provision of chapter 235
357	357		318 or this chapter. 236
358	358		(3) Notwithstanding s. 322.29(1), an examination is not 237
359	359		required for the reinstatement of a driver license suspended 238
360	360		under s. 318.15 or s. 322.245 unless an examination is otherwise 239
361	361		required by this chapter. A person applying for the 240
362	362		reinstatement of a driver license suspended under s. 318.15 or 241
363	363		s. 322.245 must present to the clerk certification from the 242
364	364		court that he or she has either complied with all obligations 243
365	365		and penalties imposed pursuant to s. 318.15 or with all 244
366	366		directives of the court and the requirements of s. 322.245. 245
367	367		(4) A nonrefundable service fee must be paid pursuant to 246
368	368		s. 322.29(2). 247
369	369		(5) Before July 1, 2024, the department shall work with 248
370	370		the clerk, through its association, to ensure the ability within 249
371	371		its technology system for the clerk to reinstate suspended 250
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384	384		driver licenses under the pilot program, to begin on July 1, 251
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386	386		(6) By December 31, 2025, the clerk must submit the 253
387	387		Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House 254
388	388		of Representatives, and the Executive Director of the Florida 255
389	389		Clerks of Court Operations Corporation a report containing the 256
390	390		following information: 257
391	391		(a) Number of driver license reinstatements. 258
392	392		(b) Amount of fees and costs collected, including the 259
393	393		aggregate funds received by the clerk, local governmental 260
394	394		entities, and state entities, including the General Revenue 261
395	395		Fund. 262
396	396		(c) The personnel, operating, and other expenditures 263
397	397		incurred by the clerk. 264
398	398		(d) Feedback received from the community, if any, in 265
399	399		response to the clerk's participation in the pilot program. 266
400	400		(e) Whether the pilot program led to improved timeliness 267
401	401		for the reinstatement of driver licenses . 268
402	402		(f) The clerk's recommendation as to whether the pilot 269
403	403		program should be extended in Miami -Dade County or to other 270
404	404		clerks' offices. 271
405	405		(g) Any other information the clerk deems necessary. 272
406	406		(7) This section is repealed on July 1, 2026. 273
407	407		Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 501.2101, Florida 274
408	408		Statutes, is amended to read: 275
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421	421		501.2101 Enforcing authorities; moneys received in certain 276
422	422		proceedings.— 277
423	423		(1) Any moneys received by an enforcing authority for 278
424	424		attorney attorney's fees and costs of investigation o r 279
425	425		litigation in proceedings brought under the provisions of s. 280
426	426		501.207, s. 501.208, or s. 501.211 shall be deposited as 281
427	427		received in the Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund if the action 282
428	428		is brought by the Department of Legal Affairs, and in the Grants 283
429	429		and Donations Consumer Frauds Trust Fund of a state attorney the 284
430	430		Justice Administrative Commission if the action is brought by 285
431	431		the a state attorney. 286
432	432		Section 13. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 287
433	433		law. 288