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By now, many are well aware of how difficult it can be to get unemployment benefits in Florida. There have been numerous stories about the antiquated CONNECT site and all of its flaws.
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A new program offering low-cost legal services will open Tuesday.
The Low Bono Center, which will be located on the first floor of the Leon County Courthouse, will provide inexpensive legal guidance in a variety of cases, including family law, small claims and residential.
The cost of the attorney consultation is $1 per minute for any amount of time between 15 minutes and an hour. A customer can receive a maximum of one consultation per day.
The Tallahassee Bar Association, which worked with the Leon County Circuit Court to create the Low Bono Center, will provide experienced attorneys to help clients understand their cases.
Sen. Darryl Rouson
The impact of criminal and traffic fines and fees on low-income Floridians and the efficacy of relying on those revenues for government programs would be studied by a special council under a bill now moving through the Florida Legislature.
SB 492, by Sen. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee 10-0 on March 9.
It would create the Council on the Discretionary Imposition of Criminal Justice and Traffic Fines and Fees, supported by the Attorney General’s Office.
“Over the past 20 years, there has been a growing use of fees and fines in the criminal legal system in the state of Florida. Research conducted in other states shows this system of revenue generation has come at a high cost to families impacted by them while being an inefficient system of revenue generation,” Rouson told the committee.