| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to court interpreter services; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 29.0185, F.S.; authorizing the state 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | courts system to use state revenues, if available, to 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | provide court-appointed interpreting services to 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | nonindigent individuals; requiring such services to be 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | provided as prescribed by the Supreme Court; amending 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | s. 29.0195, F.S.; repealing the cost recovery 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | requirement for court -appointed interpreting service s; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing an exception; providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Section 29.0185, Florida Statutes, is amended 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 29.0185 Provision of state -funded due process services to 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | individuals.— 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) Due process services may not be provided with state 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | revenues to an individual unless the individual on whose behalf 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the due process services are being provided is eligible for 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | court-appointed counsel under s. 27.40, based upon a 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | determination of indigency under s. 27.52, regardless of whether 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | such counsel is appointed or the individual on whose behalf the 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | due process services are being provided is eligible for court -24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | appointed counsel under s. 27.40 and has been determined 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | indigent for costs pursuant to s. 27.52. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), state revenues may be 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | used by the state courts system to provide court -appointed 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | interpreting services to nonindigent individuals if funds are 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | available in the fiscal year appropriation for due pr ocess 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | services and if interpreting services are provided as prescribed 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | by the Supreme Court. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 2. Section 29.0195, Florida Statutes, is amended 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | to read: 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 29.0195 Recovery of expenditures for state -funded 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | services.— 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) The trial court administ rator of each circuit shall 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | recover expenditures for state -funded services when those 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | services have been furnished to a user of the state court system 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | who possesses the present ability to pay. The rate of 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | compensation for such services is shall be the actual cost of 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the services, including the cost of recovery. The trial court 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | administrator shall deposit moneys recovered under this section 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | in the Administrative Trust Fund within the state courts system. 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | The trial court administrator shall recover the costs of court 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | reporter services and transcription; translations court 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | interpreter services, including translation ; and any other 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | service for which state funds were used to provide a product or 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | service within the circuit. 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) This section does not authorize co st recovery for 50 |
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