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An act relating to the state courts system; amending s. 26.20, F.S.; revising the availability of judges to require at least one circuit judge in each circuit to be available for hearings with limited notice; amending s. 28.35, F.S.; revising the duty of the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation to provide an annual budget request to be pursuant to specified provisions; amending s. 44.103, F.S.; deleting the per diem cap for arbitrators who participate in court-ordered, nonbinding arbitration; amending s. 92.50, F.S.; authorizing judges to authenticate a jurat, or certificate of proof or acknowledgment, by affixing their signature and printing their name, title, and court; amending ss. 741.30, 784.046, 784.0485, and 825.1035, F.S.; authorizing clerks of the court to submit to the Justice Administrative Commission, rather than the Office of the State Courts Administrator, certified requests for reimbursements for the filing of certain petitions; requiring that requests be submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Justice Administrative Commission; reenacting ss. 28.2221(6)(b), 92.525(1), 110.12301(2)(a) and (d), and 112.181(2), F.S., relating to electronic access to official records restricted from public display, inspection, or copying; verification of documents; spouse and dependent eligibility verification by affidavit; and affidavits from firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers to be entitled to a certain presumption, respectively, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 92.50, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

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Jennifer Bradley (R)*, 

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Chapter No. 2025-163 (on 06/23/2025)

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