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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to juvenile proceedings; amending s. | ||
| 3 | 985.219, F.S.; providing the time period by which a | ||
| 4 | juvenile shall be brought for an adjudicatory hearing; | ||
| 5 | repealing Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.090 to the | ||
| 6 | extent it is inconsistent with the act; providing an | ||
| 7 | effective date; providing a contingent effective date. | ||
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsections (9), (10), (11), and (12) of | ||
| 12 | section 985.219, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections | ||
| 13 | (10), (11), (12), and (13), respectively, and a new subsection | ||
| 14 | (9) is added to said section, to read: | ||
| 15 | 985.219 Process and service.-- | ||
| 16 | (9) If a petition is filed alleging the child to have | ||
| 17 | committed a delinquent act, the child shall be brought to an | ||
| 18 | adjudicatory hearing without demand within 90 days after the | ||
| 19 | earlier of the following: | ||
| 20 | (a) The date the child was taken into custody; or | ||
| 21 | (b) The date the summons issued upon the filing of a | ||
| 22 | petition is served. | ||
| 23 | Section 2. Rule 8.090, Florida Rules of Juvenile | ||
| 24 | Procedure, relating to speedy trial is repealed to the extent | ||
| 25 | that it is inconsistent with this act. | ||
| 26 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, | ||
| 27 | provided that the repeal of Rule 8.090, Florida Rules of | ||
| 28 | Juvenile Procedure, shall be effective only if this act is | ||
| 29 | enacted by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of | ||
| 30 | the Legislature. | ||