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Florida Senate - 2004 309-2360-04 CS for SB 2564 1 Section 1. Section 985.2155, Florida Statutes, is 2 created to read: 3 985.2155 Shared county and state responsibility for 4 juvenile detention. -- 5 (1) It is the policy of this state that the state and 6 the counties have a joint obligation, as provided in this 7 section, to contribute to the financial support of the 8 detention care provided for juveniles. 9 (2) As used in this section, the term: 10 (a) "Detention care" means secure detention. 11 (b) "Fiscally constrained county" means a county 12 designated as a rural area of critical economic concern under 13 s. 288.0656 for which the value of a mill in the county is no 14 more than $3 million, based on the property valuations and tax 15 data annually published by the Department of Revenue under s. 16 195.052. 17 (3) Each county or the state shall pay the costs 18 incurred by the county in providing detention care for 19 juveniles for the period of time prior to final court 20 disposition. The department shall develop an accounts payable 21 system to allocate costs that are payable by the counties. 22 (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the state shall 23 pay all costs of detention care for juveniles for which a 24 fiscally constrained county would otherwise be billed. 25 (a) By October 1, 2004, the department shall develop a 26 methodology for determining the amount of each fiscally 27 constrained county's costs of detention care for juveniles, 28 for the period of time prior to final court disposition, which 29 must be paid by the state. At a minimum, this methodology must 30 consider the difference between the amount appropriated to the 31 department for offsetting the costs associated with the 'r' CODING:Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.