Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1182
       
       
        
       By Senator Broxson
       
       
       
       
       
       1-00907-22                                            20221182__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to breach of bond costs; amending s.
    3         903.21, F.S.; providing for the exoneration from
    4         liability of a surety on a bond under certain
    5         circumstances if the surety agrees in writing to pay
    6         the costs and expenses incurred in returning the
    7         defendant to the jurisdiction of the court; redefining
    8         the term “jurisdiction”; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 903.21, Florida
   13  Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         903.21 Method of surrender; exoneration of obligors.—
   15         (3) The surety shall be exonerated of liability on the bond
   16  if it is determined prior to breach of the bond that the
   17  defendant is in any jail or prison and the surety agrees in
   18  writing to pay the costs and expenses incurred in transportation
   19  cost of returning the defendant to the jurisdiction of the
   20  court. For purposes of this subsection, “jurisdiction” means the
   21  county from which the defendant was released on bail within the
   22  judicial circuit as prescribed by law.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.