Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2000
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CHAMBER ACTION
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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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17 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 16.56, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 16.56 Office of Statewide Prosecution.--
20 (2) The Attorney General shall appoint a statewide
21 prosecutor from not less than three persons nominated by the
22 judicial nominating commission for the Supreme Court. The
23 statewide prosecutor shall be in charge of the Office of
24 Statewide Prosecution for a term of 4 years to run
25 concurrently with the term of the appointing official. The
26 statewide prosecutor shall be an elector of the state, shall
27 have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding 5
28 years, and shall devote full time to the duties of statewide
29 prosecutor and not engage in the private practice of law. The
30 Attorney General may remove the statewide prosecutor prior to
31 the end of his or her term. A vacancy in the position of
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Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2000
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1 statewide prosecutor shall be filled within 60 days. During
2 the period of any vacancy, the Attorney General shall exercise
3 all the powers and perform all the duties of the statewide
4 prosecutor. A person appointed statewide prosecutor is
5 prohibited from qualifying as a candidate for election running
6 for or accepting appointment to any state elected office for a
7 period of 2 years following vacation of office. The statewide
8 prosecutor shall on March 1 of each year report in writing to
9 the Governor and the Attorney General on the activities of the
10 office for the preceding year and on the goals and objectives
11 for the next year.
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17 And the title is amended as follows:
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21 amending s. 16.56, F.S.; prohibiting a person
22 appointed as a statewide prosecutor from
23 qualifying as a candidate for election to any
24 state elected office for a certain period of
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