Navigation Bill addressing clerks’ budget issues clears the Senate
A bill that gives clerks of court more flexibility to manage their budgets and is the first step in a multi-year effort to address clerk finances has cleared the Florida Senate, with the House set to take up the legislation.
The upper chamber passed SB 838 40-0 on April 21 and the identical HB 903 is expected to be before the House as soon as April 26 or April 27.
The Senate bill combined measures to address clerks’ critical financial problems and to promote and encourage clerks’ programs to offer payment plans for people who face the loss of their driver licenses for unpaid court fines, fees, and costs.
