Bill Text: FL S7056 | 2021 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Florida Senate Bill 7056 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Trust Funds

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-04-20 - Chapter No. 2021-5 [S7056 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S7056-Enrolled.html

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    2         An act relating to trust funds; terminating the Public
    3         Defenders Revenue Trust Fund within the Justice
    4         Administrative Commission; providing for the
    5         disposition of balances in and revenues of the trust
    6         fund; terminating the Revolving Trust Fund within the
    7         Department of Law Enforcement; providing for the
    8         disposition of balances in and revenues of the trust
    9         fund; repealing s. 27.61, F.S., relating to the Public
   10         Defenders Revenue Trust Fund; amending ss. 318.18 and
   11         817.568, F.S.; providing for the redirection of
   12         certain revenues from the Public Defenders Revenue
   13         Trust Fund to the Indigent Criminal Defense Trust Fund
   14         to conform to changes made by the act; terminating the
   15         Welfare Transition Trust Fund within the Department of
   16         Military Affairs; providing for the disposition of
   17         balances in and revenues of the trust fund; repealing
   18         s. 250.175(5), F.S., relating to the Welfare
   19         Transition Trust Fund; terminating the Welfare
   20         Transition Trust Fund within the Department of Health;
   21         providing for the disposition of balances in and
   22         revenues of the trust fund; repealing s. 20.435(8),
   23         F.S., relating to the Welfare Transition Trust Fund;
   24         providing an effective date.
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   26  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   28         Section 1. (1) The Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund,
   29  FLAIR number 20-2-059, within the Justice Administrative
   30  Commission, is terminated.
   31         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
   32  the trust fund shall be transferred to the Indigent Criminal
   33  Defense Trust Fund within the Justice Administrative Commission.
   34         (3) The Justice Administrative Commission shall pay any
   35  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated fund as soon
   36  as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out
   37  and remove the terminated fund from the various state accounting
   38  systems using generally accepted accounting principles
   39  concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
   40         Section 2. (1) The Revolving Trust Fund, FLAIR number 71-2
   41  600, within the Department of Law Enforcement, is terminated.
   42         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
   43  the trust fund shall be transferred to the General Revenue Fund.
   44         (3) The Department of Law Enforcement shall pay any
   45  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated fund as soon
   46  as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out
   47  and remove the terminated fund from the various state accounting
   48  systems using generally accepted accounting principles
   49  concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
   50         Section 3. Section 27.61, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   51         Section 4. Upon the expiration and reversion of the
   52  amendment made to section 318.18, Florida Statutes, pursuant to
   53  section 63 of chapter 2020-114, Laws of Florida, paragraph (c)
   54  of subsection (19) of section 318.18, Florida Statutes, is
   55  amended to read:
   56         318.18 Amount of penalties.—The penalties required for a
   57  noncriminal disposition pursuant to s. 318.14 or a criminal
   58  offense listed in s. 318.17 are as follows:
   59         (19) In addition to any penalties imposed, an Article V
   60  assessment of $10 must be paid for all noncriminal moving and
   61  nonmoving violations under chapters 316, 320, and 322. The
   62  assessment is not revenue for purposes of s. 28.36 and may not
   63  be used in establishing the budget of the clerk of the court
   64  under that section or s. 28.35. Of the funds collected under
   65  this subsection:
   66         (c) The sum of $1.67 shall be deposited in the Indigent
   67  Criminal Defense Trust Fund Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund
   68  for use by the public defenders.
   69         Section 5. Upon the expiration and reversion of the
   70  amendment made to section 817.568, Florida Statutes, pursuant to
   71  section 63 of chapter 2020-114, Laws of Florida, paragraph (b)
   72  of subsection (12) of section 817.568, Florida Statutes, is
   73  amended to read:
   74         817.568 Criminal use of personal identification
   75  information.—
   76         (12) In addition to any sanction imposed when a person
   77  pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty of,
   78  regardless of adjudication, a violation of this section, the
   79  court shall impose a surcharge of $1,001.
   80         (b) The sum of $250 of the surcharge shall be deposited
   81  into the State Attorneys Revenue Trust Fund for the purpose of
   82  funding prosecutions of offenses relating to the criminal use of
   83  personal identification information. The sum of $250 of the
   84  surcharge shall be deposited into the Indigent Criminal Defense
   85  Trust Fund Public Defenders Revenue Trust Fund for the purposes
   86  of indigent criminal defense related to the criminal use of
   87  personal identification information.
   88         Section 6. (1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund within the
   89  Department of Military Affairs, FLAIR number 62-2-401, is
   90  terminated.
   91         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
   92  the trust fund, shall be transferred to the Federal Grants Trust
   93  Fund, FLAIR number 62-2-261.
   94         (3) The Department of Military Affairs shall pay any
   95  outstanding debts and obligations of the terminated fund as soon
   96  as practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out
   97  and remove the terminated fund from the various state accounting
   98  systems using generally accepted accounting principles
   99  concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
  100         Section 7. Subsection (5) of section 250.175, Florida
  101  Statutes, is repealed.
  102         Section 8. (1) The Welfare Transition Trust Fund within the
  103  Department of Health, FLAIR number 64-2-401, is terminated.
  104         (2) All current balances remaining in, and all revenues of,
  105  the trust fund, shall be transferred to the Federal Grants Trust
  106  Fund, FLAIR number 64-2-261.
  107         (3) The Department of Health shall pay any outstanding
  108  debts and obligations of the terminated fund as soon as
  109  practicable, and the Chief Financial Officer shall close out and
  110  remove the terminated fund from the various state accounting
  111  systems using generally accepted accounting principles
  112  concerning warrants outstanding, assets, and liabilities.
  113         Section 9. Subsection (8) of section 20.435, Florida
  114  Statutes, is repealed.
  115         Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.