Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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15 page 14, line 27, delete those lines
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18 (3) In utilizing a registry:
19 (a) Each circuit Article V indigent services committee
20 shall compile and maintain a list of attorneys in private
21 practice, by county and by category of cases. In the eleventh
22 judicial circuit for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 fiscal years,
23 the committee shall compile and maintain a list of attorneys
24 by race, sex, and ethnicity of the assigned attorneys. To be
25 included on a registry, attorneys shall certify that they meet
26 any minimum requirements established in general law for court
27 appointment, are available to represent indigent defendants in
28 cases requiring court appointment of private counsel, and are
29 willing to abide by the terms of the contract for services. To
30 be included on a registry, an attorney also must enter into a
31 contract for services with the Justice Administrative
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1 Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract
2 for services may result in termination of the contract and
3 removal from the registry. Each attorney on the registry shall
4 be responsible for notifying the circuit Article V indigent
5 services committee and the Justice Administrative Commission
6 of any change in his or her status. Failure to comply with
7 this requirement shall be cause for termination of the
8 contract for services and removal from the registry until the
9 requirement is fulfilled.
10 (b) The court shall appoint attorneys in rotating
11 order in the order in which names appear on the applicable
12 registry, unless the court makes a finding of good cause on
13 the record for appointing an attorney out of order. An
14 attorney not appointed in the order in which his or her name
15 appears on the list shall remain next in order.
16 (c) If it finds the number of attorneys on the
17 registry in a county or circuit for a particular category of
18 cases is inadequate, the circuit Article V indigent services
19 committee shall notify the chief judge of the particular
20 circuit in writing. The chief judge shall submit the names of
21 at least three private attorneys with relevant experience. The
22 clerk of court shall send an application to each of these
23 attorneys to register for appointment.
24 (d) Quarterly, beginning no later than October 1,
25 2004, each circuit Article V indigent services committee shall
26 provide a current copy of each registry to the Chief Justice
27 of the Supreme Court, the chief judge, the state attorney and
28 public defender in each judicial circuit, and the clerk of
29 court in each county, the Justice Administrative Commission,
30 and the Indigent Services Advisory Board with a current copy
31 of each registry. In the eleventh judicial circuit for the
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1 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 fiscal years, the registry shall
2 identify the race, sex, and ethnicity of each attorney listed
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
8 On page 1, lines 7-11, delete those lines
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11 revising requirements for private
12 court-appointed counsel; requiring that data be
13 compiled on the race, sex, and ethnicity of
14 attorneys within a specified circuit for a
15 limited time; requiring the
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