Florida HB 759: Public Records

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to court fees; amending s. 28.24, 2
F.S.; increasing the service charges a clerk of the 3
circuit court charges for certain services rendered by 4
the clerk's office; requiring the Office of Economic 5
and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 6
requiring such report to be submitted to the 7
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 8
28.2401, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and 9
service charges that may be charged by the clerk in 10
probate matters; requiring the Office of Economic and 11
Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 12
requiring such report to be submitted to the 13
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 14
28.241, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and 15
service charges in trial and appellate proceedings; 16
requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic 17
Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such 18
report to be submitted to the Legislature within a 19
specified time frame; amending s. 34.041, F.S.; 20
increasing certain filing fees and service charges for 21
civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; 22
deleting provisions requiring clerks to submit 23
portions of fees collected to the Department of 24
Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust 25

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Fund; revising the distribution formula for additional 26
filing fees; requiring the Office of Economic and 27
Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; 28
requiring such report to be submitted to the 29
Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 30
45.035, F.S.; increasing the service charge the clerk 31
is entitled to for disbursement of surplus proceeds 32
for certain judicial sales procedures; requiring the 33
Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare 34
a certain report; requiring such report to be 35
submitted to the Legislature within a specified time 36
frame; amending s. 721.83, F.S.; increasing the filing 37
fee for additional timeshare interests joining a 38
consolidated timeshare foreclosure action; requiring 39
the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to 40
prepare a certain report; requiring such fees and 41
charges to be rounded to a specified amount; requiring 42
such report to be submitted to the Legislature within 43
a specified time frame; amending s. 744.3678, F.S.; 44
increasing the fee a clerk of the circuit court may 45
charge for auditing of the return of ward's estate; 46
requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic 47
Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such 48
report to be submitted to the Legislature within a 49
specified time frame; providing an effective date. 50

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 52
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Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3), paragraph (a) of 54
subsection (5), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), paragraph (b) 55
of subsection (11), paragraph (a) of subsection (14), paragraph 56
(a) of subsection (15), subsection (17), paragraph (a) of 57
subsection (18), subsection (19), paragraph (a) of subsection 58
(20), paragraph (a) of subsection (21), and subsection (26) of 59
section 28.24, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection 60
(30) is added to that section, to read: 61
28.24 Service charges.—The clerk of the circuit court 62
shall charge for services rendered manually or electronically by 63
the clerk's office in recording documents and instruments and in 64
performing other specified duties. These charges may not exceed 65
those specified in this section, except as provided in s. 66
28.345. 67
(2) For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and 68
certifying transcripts of record in appellate proceedings, 69
prepared by attorney for appellant or someone else other than 70
clerk, per page: 6.00 5.00, from which the clerk shall remit 71
0.50 per page to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the 72
General Revenue Fund. 73
(3) For preparing, numbering, and indexing an original 74
record of appellate proceedings, per instrument: 4.00 3.50, from 75

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which the clerk shall remit 0.50 per instrument to the 76
Department of Revenue for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. 77
(5)(a) For verifying any instrument presented for 78
certification prepared by someone other than clerk, per page: 79
4.00 3.50, from which the cl