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Committee
JA
Amendment
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Florida Senate - 2010 SB7090 The Committee on Ways and Means (Alexander) recommended the following LATE FILED amendment:
Section: 04
On Page: 136

Spec App: 813


EXPLANATION:
Implements unit cost budgets for the 67 clerks of
court and appropriates $428,095,071 from the Clerk
of Court Trust Fund for clerk 2010-11 budgets and
$5,000,000 from the Clerk of Court Trust Fund for a
contingency fund.
NET IMPACT ON: Total Funds General Revenue Trust Funds Recurring - (23,285,241) 0 (23,285,241) Non-Recurring - 5,000,000 0 5,000,000 ______________________________________________________________________________________ Positions & Amounts Positions & Amounts DELETE INSERT JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION Program: Clerks Of Court Clerks Of Court 21350100 In Section 04 On Page 136 813 Special Categories 103010 Grants & Aids - Clerks Of Court IOEB 2588 From The Clerks Of The Court Trust 451,380,312 428,095,071 Fund CA -23,285,241 FSI1 -23,285,241 Following Specific Appropriation 813, INSERT: The budget for each clerk of court and the approved unit costs required under s. 28.36, F.S., for the state fiscal year 2010-2011 are contained in the document entitled "Senate 2010-11 Clerk of Court Unit Cost Budget" dated March 25, 2010 and on file with the Secretary of the Senate. This document is hereby incorporated by reference into the 2010-2011 General Appropriations Act. In Section 04 On Page 000 813A Special Categories 103010 Grants & Aids - Clerks Of Court IOEB 995039 Log:0014 RCH/RCH 03/25/10 12:53:35 PM Senate Page: 1
2588 From The Clerks Of The Court Trust 5,000,000 Fund CA 5,000,000 FSI1NR 5,000,000 Following Specific Appropriation 813A, INSERT: Specific Appropriation 813A provides a contingency fund for clerks of court. To access these funds, the Clerk of Courts Operations Corporation must determine that a clerk cannot operate in an effective manner under the approved unit costs and that doing so will disrupt judicial services and make a request to the Legislative Budget Commission for an appropriation from the contingency fund. The request must specify the amount needed and provide a plan of action to reduce clerk costs in order to operate under the approved unit costs in the next fiscal year.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items. Items printed in italics are computer codes and are not a part of the official text of this amendment.
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