Bill > H0759

Introduced Session

An act relating to court fees; amending s. 28.24, F.S.; increasing the service charges a clerk of the circuit court charges for certain services rendered by the clerk's office; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 28.2401, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and service charges that may be charged by the clerk in probate matters; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 28.241, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and service charges in trial and appellate proceedings; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 34.041, F.S.; increasing certain filing fees and service charges for civil actions, suits, or proceedings in county court; deleting provisions requiring clerks to submit portions of fees collected to the Department of Revenue for deposit into the Clerks of the Court Trust hb759-01-c1 Fund; revising the distribution formula for additional filing fees; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 45.035, F.S.; increasing the service charge the clerk is entitled to for disbursement of surplus proceeds for certain judicial sales procedures; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 721.83, F.S.; increasing the filing fee for additional timeshare interests joining a consolidated timeshare foreclosure action; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such fees and charges to be rounded to a specified amount; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; amending s. 744.3678, F.S.; increasing the fee a clerk of the circuit court may charge for auditing of the return of ward's estate; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to prepare a certain report; requiring such report to be submitted to the Legislature within a specified time frame; providing an effective date. hb759-01-c1

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David Smith (R)*,  Danny Alvarez (R),  Omar Blanco (R),  Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R),  Bill Partington (R),  Susan Plasencia (R),  Michele Rayner (D),  Paula Stark (R),  Taylor Yarkosky (R), 

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Received (on 02/26/2026)

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