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House Bill 0633




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 633

        By Representative Melvin






  1                      House Joint Resolution

  2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to

  3         Section 15 of Article V of the State

  4         Constitution relating to attorneys.

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  6  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  8         That the amendment to Section 15 of Article V of the

  9  State Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be

10  submitted to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection

11  at the general election to be held in November 1998:

12         SECTION 15.  Attorneys; admission and discipline.--

13         (a)  The supreme court shall have exclusive

14  jurisdiction to regulate the admission of persons to the

15  practice of law and the discipline of persons admitted shall

16  be regulated pursuant to general law.

17         (b)  SCHEDULE TO AMENDMENT OF SECTION 15.--The

18  amendment to this section shall take effect upon approval by

19  the electors, and upon its approval:

20         (1)  All lawyers who are members of The Florida Bar in

21  good standing on the effective date of this amendment shall

22  continue to be admitted in good standing under this section,

23  subject thereafter to law and rules of any regulatory board

24  created by law for that purpose.

25         (2)  All references to membership in the bar of Florida

26  contained in this constitution shall be construed to include

27  membership in The Florida Bar as it existed on the day before

28  the effective date of this amendment and admission to the

29  practice of law in the courts of Florida pursuant to this

30  amendment.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HJR 633

    556-107B-97






  1         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in accordance with the

  2  requirements of section 101.161, Florida Statutes, the title

  3  and substance of the amendment proposed herein shall appear on

  4  the ballot as follows:

  5              ADMISSION AND DISCIPLINE OF ATTORNEYS

  6         Proposing an amendment to Section 15 of Article V of

  7  the State Constitution to provide that regulation of the

  8  admission of persons to the practice of law and of the

  9  discipline of persons so admitted shall be pursuant to general

10  law enacted by the Florida Legislature rather than by the

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