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Florida Statutes (Last Updated: April 21, 2021) |
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TITLE V. JUDICIAL BRANCH |
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CHAPTER 29. COURT SYSTEM FUNDING |
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- 1For purposes of implementing s. 14, Art. V of the State Constitution, the elements of the state courts system to be provided from state revenues appropriated by general law are as follows:33(1) 34Judges appointed or elected pursuant to chapters 25, 26, 34, and 35.46(2) 47Juror compensation and expenses.51(3) 52Reasonable court reporting and transcription services necessary to meet constitutional requirements.63(4) 64Construction or lease of facilities, maintenance, utilities, and security for the district courts of appeal and the Supreme Court.83(5) 84Court foreign language and sign-language interpreters and translators essential to comply with constitutional requirements.98(6) 99Expert witnesses who are appointed by the court pursuant to an express grant of statutory authority.115(7) 116Judicial assistants, law clerks, and resource materials.123(8) 124General magistrates, special magistrates, and hearing officers.131(9) 132Court administration.134(10) 135Case management. Case management includes:140(a) 141Initial review and evaluation of cases, including assignment of cases to court divisions or dockets.156(b) 157Case monitoring, tracking, and coordination.162(c) 163Scheduling of judicial events.167(d) 168Service referral, coordination, monitoring, and tracking for treatment-based drug court programs under s. 181397.334182.183(e) 184Service referral, coordination, monitoring, and tracking for treatment-based mental health court programs under chapter 394.
199Case management may not include costs associated with the application of therapeutic jurisprudence principles by the courts. Case management also may not include case intake and records management conducted by the clerk of court.
233(11) 234Mediation and arbitration, limited to trial court referral of a pending judicial case to a mediator or a court-related mediation program, or to an arbitrator or a court-related arbitration program, for the limited purpose of encouraging and assisting the litigants in partially or completely settling the case prior to adjudication on the merits by the court. This does not include citizen dispute settlement centers under s. 30044.201 301and community arbitration programs under s. 307985.16308.309(12) 310Basic legal materials reasonably accessible to the public other than a public law library. These materials may be provided in a courthouse facility or any library facility.337(13) 338The Judicial Qualifications Commission.342(14) 343Offices of the appellate clerks and marshals and appellate law libraries.
History.-s. 4, ch. 2000-237; s. 40, ch. 2003-402; s. 3, ch. 2004-11; s. 14, ch. 2005-236; s. 104, ch. 2006-120; s. 1, ch. 2016-241.
