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. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 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.