| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to arbitrator compensation; amending s. |
| 3 | 44.103, F.S.; deleting an arbitrator compensation |
| 4 | limitation under court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; |
| 5 | providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 44.103, Florida |
| 10 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 44.103 Court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration.-- |
| 12 | (3) Arbitrators shall be selected and compensated in |
| 13 | accordance with rules adopted by the Supreme Court. Arbitrators |
| 14 | may be compensated by the county or by the parties. Compensation |
| 15 | for arbitrators shall not exceed $200 per day, unless otherwise |
| 16 | agreed by the parties and approved by the court. Whenever |
| 17 | possible, qualified individuals who have volunteered their time |
| 18 | to serve as arbitrators shall be appointed. If an arbitration |
| 19 | program is funded pursuant to s. 44.108, volunteer arbitrators |
| 20 | shall be entitled to be reimbursed pursuant to s. 112.061 for |
| 21 | all actual expenses necessitated by service as an arbitrator. |
| 22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |