| 1 | Representative Gelber offered the following: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 1954-2036, and insert: |
| 5 | courts, public defenders' offices, state attorneys' offices, |
| 6 | offices of the guardian ad litem program, and court-related |
| 7 | functions of the office of the clerks of the circuit and county |
| 8 | courts and all storage. The term also includes access to parking |
| 9 | for such facilities in connection with such court-related |
| 10 | functions that may be available free or from a private provider |
| 11 | or a local government for a fee. The office space provided by a |
| 12 | county may not be less than the standards for space allotment |
| 13 | adopted by the Department of Management Services. County funding |
| 14 | must include physical modifications and improvements to all |
| 15 | facilities as are required for compliance with the Americans |
| 16 | with Disabilities Act. Upon mutual agreement of a county and the |
| 17 | affected entity in this paragraph, the office space provided by |
| 18 | the county may vary from the standards for space allotment |
| 19 | adopted by the Department of Management Services. This section |
| 20 | applies only to facilities that are leased, or on which |
| 21 | construction commences, after June 30, 2003. |
| 22 | 1. As of July 1, 2005, equipment and furnishings shall be |
| 23 | limited to that appropriate and customary for courtrooms, jury |
| 24 | facilities, and other public areas in courthouses and any other |
| 25 | facility occupied by the courts, state attorneys, guardian ad |
| 26 | litem programs, and public defenders. |
| 27 | 2. Equipment and furnishings under this paragraph in |
| 28 | existence and owned by counties on July 1, 2005, except for that |
| 29 | in the possession of the clerks, for areas other than |
| 30 | courtrooms, jury facilities, and other public areas in |
| 31 | courthouses and any other facility occupied by the courts, state |
| 32 | attorneys, guardian ad litem programs, and public defenders, |
| 33 | shall be transferred to the state at no charge. |
| 34 | (b)1. "Construction or lease" includes, but is not limited |
| 35 | to, all reasonable and necessary costs of the acquisition or |
| 36 | lease of facilities, equipment, and furnishings for all judicial |
| 37 | officers, staff, jurors, volunteers of a tenant agency, and the |
| 38 | public for the circuit and county courts, the public defenders' |
| 39 | offices, state attorneys' offices, offices of the guardian ad |
| 40 | litem program, and for performing the court-related functions of |
| 41 | the offices of the clerks of the circuit and county courts. This |
| 42 | includes expenses related to financing such facilities and the |
| 43 | existing and future cost and bonded indebtedness associated with |
| 44 | placing the facilities in use. |
| 45 | 2. As of July 1, 2005, equipment and furnishings shall be |
| 46 | limited to that appropriate and customary for courtrooms, jury |
| 47 | facilities, and other public areas in courthouses. |
| 48 | 3. Equipment and furnishings under this paragraph in |
| 49 | existence and owned by counties on July 1, 2005, for areas other |
| 50 | than courtrooms, jury facilities, and other public areas in |
| 51 | courthouses, shall be transferred to the state at no charge. |
| 52 | (d) "Utilities" means all electricity services for light, |
| 53 | heat, and or power; natural or manufactured gas services for |
| 54 | light, heat, and or power; water and wastewater services and |
| 55 | systems, stormwater or runoff services and systems, sewer |
| 56 | services and systems, all costs or fees associated with these |
| 57 | services and systems, and any costs or fees associated with the |
| 58 | mitigation of environmental impacts directly related to the |
| 59 | facility. |
| 60 | (f) "Communications services" are defined as any |
| 61 | reasonable and necessary transmission, emission, and reception |
| 62 | of signs, signals, writings, images, and sounds of intelligence |
| 63 | of any nature by wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic |
| 64 | systems and includes all facilities and equipment owned, leased, |
| 65 | or used by judges, clerks, public defenders, state attorneys, |
| 66 | guardian ad litem programs, and all staff of the state courts |
| 67 | system, state attorneys' offices, public defenders' offices, |
| 68 | offices of the guardian ad litem program, and clerks of the |
| 69 | circuit and county courts performing court-related functions. |
| 70 | Such system or services shall include, but not be limited to: |
| 71 | 1. Telephone system infrastructure, including computer |
| 72 | lines, telephone switching equipment, and maintenance, and |
| 73 | facsimile, wireless communications, cellular telephones, pagers, |
| 74 | and video teleconferencing equipment and line charges. Each |
| 75 | county shall continue to provide access to a local carrier for |
| 76 | local and long distance service and shall pay toll charges for |
| 77 | the local and long distance service. Telephone equipment, |
| 78 | including facsimile and video teleconferencing equipment, owned |
| 79 | by the counties shall be transferred to the state at no charge, |
| 80 | effective July 1, 2004. |
| 81 | 2. All computer systems and equipment, including computer |
| 82 | hardware and software, modems, printers, wiring, network |
| 83 | connections, maintenance, support staff or services including |
| 84 | any county-funded support staff located in the offices of the |
| 85 | circuit court, county courts, state attorneys, guardian ad litem |
| 86 | programs, and public defenders, training, supplies, and line |
| 87 | charges necessary for an integrated computer system to support |
| 88 | the operations and management of the state courts system, the |
| 89 | offices of the public defenders, the offices of the state |
| 90 | attorneys, offices of the guardian ad litem program, and the |
| 91 | offices |