Bill > H5201

This bill revises how Florida counties and the state share the costs of detaining juveniles, particularly for those in "fiscally constrained counties" (counties with limited tax revenue or designated as rural opportunity zones) and those held out of state. It shifts the responsibility for calculating and collecting county contributions, requiring non-fiscally constrained counties to budget a specific amount for juvenile detention care based on a percentage of "total shared detention costs" (the state's overall detention expenses minus costs for fiscally constrained counties and out-of-state detainees). The bill also clarifies the state's responsibility for actual detention costs for juveniles in fiscally constrained counties and those held out of state, and it establishes a process for the Department of Revenue to review county payments and deduct any shortfalls from state funds distributed to those counties, while also providing assurances to bondholders regarding county debt obligations.