Florida Senate - 2016                              CS for SB 730
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Margolis
       
       586-02374-16                                           2016730c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to professional guardians; creating s.
    3         744.1087, F.S.; limiting a professional guardian’s
    4         appointments to no more than 50 wards for which the
    5         professional guardian receives compensation;
    6         prohibiting a professional guardian that has more than
    7         50 wards for which the professional guardian receives
    8         compensation from being appointed another ward after a
    9         certain date until the professional guardian has fewer
   10         than 50 wards; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 744.1087, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         744.1087 Maximum number of wards for professional
   17  guardians.—A natural person may be appointed as a professional
   18  guardian for up to 50 wards for which he or she receives
   19  compensation. If, as of July 1, 2016, such guardian has more
   20  than 50 wards for which he or she receives compensation, the
   21  guardian may not be appointed additional wards for which he or
   22  she receives compensation until he or she has fewer than 50
   23  wards.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.