Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Justice Appropriations (Crist) recommended
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 27.701, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 27.701 Capital collateral regional counsels.--
21 (1) There are created three regional offices of
22 capital collateral counsel, which shall be located in a
23 northern, middle, and southern region of the state. The
24 capital collateral counsels shall be a part of the legislative
25 branch of government. The northern region shall consist of the
26 First, Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Judicial
27 Circuits; the middle region shall consist of the Fifth, Sixth,
28 Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Eighteenth
29 Judicial Circuits; and the southern region shall consist of
30 the Eleventh, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth,
31 and Twentieth Judicial Circuits. Each regional office shall be
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1 administered by a regional counsel. A regional counsel must
2 be, and must have been for the preceding 5 years, a member in
3 good standing of The Florida Bar or a similar organization in
4 another state. Each capital collateral regional counsel shall
5 be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
6 the House of Representatives Governor, and is subject to
7 confirmation by the Senate. The Supreme Court Judicial
8 Nominating Commission shall recommend to the President of the
9 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
10 Governor three qualified candidates for each appointment as
11 regional counsel. The President of the Senate and the Speaker
12 of the House of Representatives Governor shall appoint a
13 regional counsel for each region from among the
14 recommendations, or, if it is in the best interest of the fair
15 administration of justice in capital cases, they the Governor
16 may reject the nominations and request submission of three new
17 nominees by the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.
18 Each capital collateral regional counsel shall be appointed to
19 a term of 3 years. Vacancies in the office of capital
20 collateral regional counsel shall be filled in the same manner
21 as appointments. A person appointed as a regional counsel may
22 not run for or accept appointment to any state office for 2
23 years following vacation of office.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 27.701, F.S.; specifying that the
3 capital collateral regional counsels are a part
4 of the legislative branch; providing for the
5 appointment of the capital collateral regional
6 counsels by the President of the Senate and the
7 Speaker of the House of Representatives;
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