Title: Payments to Prisoners Upon Release

Summary: Providing that Florida releasees and county and municipal prisoners who receive funds in the form of payment instruments upon their release may not be charged a fee for cashing the instruments at specified businesses, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to payments to prisoners upon release; creating ss. 944.6125 and 951.31, F.S.; providing that Florida releasees and county and municipal prisoners who receive funds in the form of payment instruments upon their release may not be charged a fee for cashing the instruments at specified businesses; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 944.6125, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 944.6125   Florida releasee; gate money. A Florida releasee who receives funds upon his or her release in the form of a payment instrument may not be charged a fee for cashing the instrument at a money services business, as those terms are defined in s. 560.103. Section 2. Section 951.31, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 951.31   Releasee gate money. A county or municipal prisoner who receives funds upon his or her release in the form of a payment instrument may not be charged a fee for cashing the instrument at a money services business, as those terms are defined in s. 560.103. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.