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Article: Broken promises: the failure of the state to adequately fund a uniform state court system.(Florida)
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- Florida Bar Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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One of the most critical issues facing the 1997-98 Constitution Revision Commission is the Adequate funding of the state's uniform court system under Art. V of the Florida Constitution. The failure of the state to adequately fund the court system has led to a financial crisis of a statewide proportion, with $561,479,607 being absorbed by counties.(1) County ad valorem taxpayers have had to underwrite these Art. V costs to keep the court system afloat, and now county contributions constitute more than half of the funds which keep the courts operational. Fourteen counties out of 66 have already reached the maximum millage 10 mill cap,(2) and a further increase in Art. V ...
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