HB 0465 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Finance & Tax recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to unclaimed court-ordered payments;
12	amending s. 945.31, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
13	Corrections to deposit or transfer into the General
14	Revenue Fund certain overpayments and other payments;
15	repealing s. 960.0025, F.S., relating to the allocation of
16	certain funds from restitution or other court-ordered
17	payments; providing an effective date.
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19	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21	Section 1. Section 945.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
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23	945.31 Restitution and other payments.--The department may
24	establish bank accounts outside the State Treasury for the
25	purpose of collecting and disbursing restitution and other
26	court-ordered payments from persons in its custody or under its
27	supervision, and may collect an administrative processing fee in
28	an amount equal to 4 percent of the gross amounts of such
29	payments. Such administrative processing fee shall be deposited
30	in the department's Operating Trust Fund and shall be used to
31	offset the cost of the department's services. The department is
32	authorized to deposit or transfer into the General Revenue Fund:
33	(1) Offender overpayments that are less than $10 at the
34	end of the offender's supervision.
35	(2) Offender funds that are not claimed within 1 year
36	after supervision is terminated.
37	(3) Victim restitution payments that are not claimed
38	within 1 year after the offender's supervision is terminated.
39	(4) Interest earned on balances in the COPS bank accounts.
40	(5) Payments that cannot be identified and are not claimed
41	within 1 year after they are received.
42	Section 2. Section 960.0025, Florida Statutes, is
43	repealed.
44	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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