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Upon receipt of the budget, the budget shall be referred to a Court Administration Budget Committee, which shall be composed of one (1) representative and an alternate from each of the four (4) counties as appointed by each Board of County Commissioners, respectively. The members of the Committee shall review the proposed budget and may schedule meetings with the Chief Judge to discuss the proposed budget. All meetings of the Committee are subject to the provisions of Section 286.011, Florida Statutes. The Committee may make recommendations to the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners as to whether to adopt, not adopt, or amend the proposed budget. The Committee shall complete its deliberations by June 1" of each year. 2. Section 1B "PROCEDURE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE COURT ADMINISTRATION" is amended to read as follows: B. The proposed budget shall then be presented to each of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners for consideration during the Boards' normal budgetary process. The proposed budget shall be subject to the approval of each of the four (4) Boards of County of County Commissioners. The Counties agree that the proposed budget may not be increased without the consent of all four (4) counties. The Counties agree to comply with the requirements of Section 29.008, Fla. Stat. (as may thereafter be amended) concerning the proposed budget. - - • - : _- - ; - ommissioncrs cannot reduce the budget below thc required increase pursuant to Section 29.008, Florida Statutes; however, if the requested budget increase is higher than thc amount rc•uircd b Florida Statutes, it is at thc discretion of each Board to determine whether to fund any or all of the incr asc over thc statutory amount. pursuant to Section 2 • e e :, - . - - - - - - • - - - - h'ghcr than the recording fees revenue thc four ('i) counties Board have to agree to fund thc shortfall from other funding sources as mandated by Section 29.008. If any of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners amends the proposed total budget, in accordance with Section 29.008, that Board should adopt the amended total budget and notify the Chief Judge and Court Administrator, and other counties of the action taken on the budget within ten (10) days. The amended total budget, if reduced by one (1) or more of the counties, shall be deemed to be the approved budget by all four (4) counties. The Counties acknowledge that the effect of this section will be that any of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners may reduce the total budget related to local requirements or non -mandated expenditures without the consent of the other counties and that the lowest approved total budget shall be deemed to be the total budget approved by the Counties. Budgets approved by each County should reflect the amount they are 2 S:\ATY\AGREEMN1'\INTERLOC\COURT FUNDING lA (2:3-15)