The Florida Senate

¹29.009  Contingency fund.--

(1)  Any county with a population of less than 85,000, according to the most recent decennial census, may apply to the Office of the State Courts Administrator for additional funding to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs.

(2)  The Office of the State Courts Administrator, in consultation with the chairs of the appropriations committees of the Legislature, shall develop a process whereby counties may request funds pursuant to this section. Such process shall be consistent with legislative intent regarding this act. The Office of the State Courts Administrator shall review any request for funds by a county under this section and, if the Office of the State Courts Administrator determines that a request is valid, it may provide assistance upon finding a qualifying county's budget is inadequate to cover extraordinary criminal-case-related costs and that the deficiency will result in an impairment of the operations of the county.

(3)  The State Courts Administrator shall submit a report on a quarterly basis, including a complete accounting of the contingency fund.

History.--s. 10, ch. 2000-237; ss. 23, 24, ch. 2001-254; s. 153, ch. 2003-402.

¹Note.--Repealed July 1, 2004, by s. 153, ch. 2003-402.