SB 748 — Courts

Florida Senate - 2021 CS for CS for SB 748 By the CommitteesCommittee on Appropriations;Judiciary;

and Judiciary;Senator Brandes 590-02342-21 2021748c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to courts;

and Senator Brandes 576-04225-21 2021748c2 A bill to be entitled An act relating to courts;

requiring the clerks of the circuit courtcourts, to collaborate with specified entitiesentities, to prepare a plan to procure or develop a statewide electronic solution to accurately identify all assessments mandated by statute;

providing for the periodic inflationary adjustment of the monetary jurisdictional limit applicable to all actions at law in county courts filed on or after a specified date, beginning in a2030; specified year;

requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to periodically calculate and certify such jurisdictional limit to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by a specified date;

requiring specified entities to publish the adjusted jurisdictional limit on their websites;

7367 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

7569 Section 1. Section 25.221, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

136130 EffectiveThe July 1, 2030, and every 10 years thereafter, the $50,000 jurisdictional limit in subparagraph 3.

mustshall be adjustedadjusted, effective January 1, 2030, and increasedevery 10 years thereafter, by the percentage change in the average of the Consumer Price Index issued by the United States Department of Labor for Allthe Urbanmost Consumers,recent U.S.12-month period ending on September 30, compared to the base year average, which is the average for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022.

CityThe Average,adjusted Alljurisdictional Itemslimit 1982-84=100,must orbe successorrounded reports,to for the precedingnearest 10$1,000. calendar years as initially reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The adjusted jurisdictional limit must be rounded to the nearest $5,000.

However, the jurisdictional limit may not be lower than $50,000.

The Office of Economic and Demographic Research must calculate the adjusted jurisdictional limit and certify the adjusted jurisdictional limit to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court beginning January 31, 2030, and every 10 years thereafter.

The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of the State Courts Administrator must publish the adjusted jurisdictional limit on their websites.

156142 By February 1, 2021, the Office of the State Courts Administrator shall submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

235221 “I hereby certify that the above and foregoing fingerprints on this judgment are the fingerprints of the defendant, ...., and that they were placed thereon by said defendant in my presence, in open court, this the ....

day of ...., ...(year)....” 241227 Such certificate shall be signed by the judge, whose signature thereto shall be followed by the word “Judge.” b. For an electronic judgment of guilty, the fingerprints of the defendant must be electronically captured and a certificate must be issued as provided in s.

278264 “I hereby certify that the above and foregoing fingerprints on this judgment are the fingerprints of the defendant, ...., and that they were placed thereon by said defendant in my presence, in open court, this the ....

day of ...., ...(year)....” 284270 The court officer, the employee of the court, or the employee of a criminal justice agency who manually took the fingerprints shall place his or her written signature on the certification.

295281 “I hereby certify that the digital fingerprint record associated with Transaction Control Number ....

day of ...., ...(year)....” 301287 The court officer, the employee of the court, or the employee of a criminal justice agency who electronically captured the fingerprints judge shall place his or her written or electronic signature, which shall be followed by the word “Judge,” on the certification certificate.

(a) For a written judgment of guilty, the fingerprints of a the defendant who is found guilty of any offense governed by chapter 796 to against whom such judgment is rendered shall be manually taken or electronically capturedcaptured. and affixed beneath the judge’s signature on the judgment.

and affixed beneath the judge’s signature on the judgment.

353339 “I hereby certify that the above and foregoing fingerprints are of the defendant, ...(name)..., and that they were placed thereon by said defendant in my presence, in open court, this the ....

day of ...., ...(year)....” 358344 Such certificate shall be signed by the judge, whose signature thereto shall be followed by the word “Judge.” (b) For an electronic judgment of guilty, the fingerprints of the defendant must be electronically captured, and a certificate must be issued as provided in s.