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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to court interpreter services; 2
amending s. 29.0185, F.S.; authorizing the state 3
courts system to use state revenues, if available, to 4
provide court-appointed interpreting services to 5
nonindigent individuals; requiring such services to be 6
provided as prescribed by the Supreme Court; amending 7
s. 29.0195, F.S.; repealing the cost recovery 8
requirement for court -appointed interpreting service s; 9
providing an exception; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Section 29.0185, Florida Statutes, is amended 14
to read: 15
29.0185 Provision of state -funded due process services to 16
individuals.— 17
(1) Due process services may not be provided with state 18
revenues to an individual unless the individual on whose behalf 19
the due process services are being provided is eligible for 20
court-appointed counsel under s. 27.40, based upon a 21
determination of indigency under s. 27.52, regardless of whether 22
such counsel is appointed or the individual on whose behalf the 23
due process services are being provided is eligible for court -24
appointed counsel under s. 27.40 and has been determined 25
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indigent for costs pursuant to s. 27.52. 26
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), state revenues may be 27
used by the state courts system to provide court -appointed 28
interpreting services to nonindigent individuals if funds are 29
available in the fiscal year appropriation for due pr ocess 30
services and if interpreting services are provided as prescribed 31
by the Supreme Court. 32
Section 2. Section 29.0195, Florida Statutes, is amended 33
to read: 34
29.0195 Recovery of expenditures for state -funded 35
services.— 36
(1) The trial court administ rator of each circuit shall 37
recover expenditures for state -funded services when those 38
services have been furnished to a user of the state court system 39
who possesses the present ability to pay. The rate of 40
compensation for such services is shall be the actual cost of 41
the services, including the cost of recovery. The trial court 42
administrator shall deposit moneys recovered under this section 43
in the Administrative Trust Fund within the state courts system. 44
The trial court administrator shall recover the costs of court 45
reporter services and transcription; translations court 46
interpreter services, including translation ; and any other 47
service for which state funds were used to provide a product or 48
service within the circuit. 49
(2) This section does not authorize co st recovery for 50
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court-appointed interpreting services, except translations, or 51
cost recovery from entities described in ss. 29.005 -29.007. 52
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 53