Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 982002
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11  The Committee on Ways and Means (Crist) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 8, lines 17 - 21, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  (2)(a)  The judicial offices created in sections
18  2 and 4 of this act may not be appointed by the Governor but
19  shall be filled by election in 2006 pursuant to chapter 105,
20  Florida Statutes.  Candidates for those judicial offices shall
21  qualify as provided in chapter 105, Florida Statutes.
22         (b)  The legislature finds that no emergency exists and
23  that public business does not require immediate appointment of
24  the judicial offices created in sections 2 and 4 of this act
25  prior to the effective date of those sections.
26         (c)  Notwithstanding the effective dates of sections 2
27  and 4 of this act, the creation of the judicial offices in
28  those sections shall constitute vacancies in office for
29  purposes of qualifying for the 2006 general election.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048 Barcode 982002 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, line 10, after the semicolon, 4 5 insert: 6 providing legislative findings; requiring 7 Secretary of State to qualify candidates for 8 the 2006 election; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 6:38 PM 04/19/05 s2048.wm12.001