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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1212, 1st Eng.

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11  Senator Jones moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 27, between lines 13 and 14,

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17         Section 23.  Section 35.01, Florida Statutes, is

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19         35.01  District courts of appeal; districts.--Five

20  district courts of appeal are created, and the state is

21  divided into five appellate districts of contiguous circuits.

22  Each district court of appeal shall consist of at least one

23  judge from each judicial circuit within the district.

24         Section 24.  (1)  This act shall not affect the term of

25  any district court of appeal judge who is serving at the time

26  of the effective date of this act or any district court of

27  appeal judgeship which is vacant and awaiting filling by

28  appointment by the Governor at the time of the effective date

29  of this act. Any such judge may be reelected to as many

30  successive terms of office for which the judge may qualify.

31         (2)(a)  Upon the retirement, death, removal, or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1212, 1st Eng.

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 1  expiration of term of office without reelection of a judge of

 2  a district court of appeal, or upon the creation of an

 3  additional judgeship on a district court of appeal, for an

 4  appellate district for which there is a judicial circuit from

 5  which there is no judge then serving, such vacancy shall be

 6  filled only by a qualified resident from the geographical area

 7  of such unrepresented judicial circuit.

 8         (b)  If at the time of any vacancy on a district court

 9  of appeal there is more than one judicial circuit which is

10  unrepresented by a judge on such district court of appeal,

11  such vacancy shall be filled by a qualified resident of the

12  judicial circuit having the lowest judicial circuit

13  designation number.

14         Section 25.  In order to fully implement the provisions

15  of this act, and in recognition of the rulemaking authority

16  conferred on the district courts of appeal judicial nominating

17  commissions by Section 11 of Article V of the Florida

18  Constitution, the Legislature requests that these judicial

19  nominating commissions, by and through the Supreme Court of

20  Florida, adopt uniform rules of procedure effectuating the

21  provisions of this act.

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 2, line 11, after the semicolon

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29         amending s. 35.01, F.S.; specifying minimum

30         membership of district courts of appeal;

31         providing construction and application;

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1         providing criteria for selecting judges to fill

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