Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 548
       
       
        
       By Senator Bracy
       
       11-00616A-17                                           2017548__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Comprehensive Case Information
    3         System; amending s. 28.2405, F.S.; requiring that the
    4         Comprehensive Case Information System be developed,
    5         operated, and maintained by the Florida Association of
    6         Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., as agent of the
    7         clerks of the circuit court; specifying the purpose of
    8         the system; providing that records obtained from a
    9         clerk of the circuit court or accessed through the
   10         system are official court records; specifying that
   11         clerks of the circuit court remain the official
   12         custodians of, and are responsible for, court records
   13         and other data submitted to the system by their
   14         respective offices; authorizing the association to
   15         transfer ownership and operation of the system to an
   16         intergovernmental authority created by the clerks of
   17         the circuit court pursuant to a specified act;
   18         providing an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   22         Section 1. Section 28.2405, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   23  read:
   24         28.2405 Comprehensive Case Information System.—
   25         (1) The All clerks of the circuit court shall participate
   26  in the Comprehensive Case Information System, which shall be
   27  developed, operated, and maintained by of the Florida
   28  Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., as agent of
   29  the clerks of the circuit court. The system serves as a secure,
   30  single point of access for searching statewide court
   31  information, provides access to court records, and contains
   32  court records, electronic case data, and any other data
   33  necessary to support the state court system. The clerks of the
   34  circuit court and shall submit electronic case data to the
   35  system based on the case types designated by the Supreme Court.
   36         (2) Records accessed through the system are official court
   37  records. A clerk of the circuit court is the official custodian
   38  of, and is responsible for, the court records and other data
   39  submitted by his or her office to the Comprehensive Case
   40  Information System.
   41         (3) Ownership and operation of the Comprehensive Case
   42  Information System may be transferred by the Florida Association
   43  of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., to an intergovernmental
   44  authority created by the clerks of the circuit court pursuant to
   45  chapter 163.
   46         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.