Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 174
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11  Senator Geller moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17         Section 1.  Section 454.18, Florida Statutes, is
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19         454.18  Officers not allowed to practice.--No sheriff
20  or clerk of any court, or full-time deputy thereof, shall
21  practice in this state, nor shall any person not of good moral
22  character, or who has been convicted of an infamous crime be
23  entitled to practice. A But no person may not shall be denied
24  the right to practice on account of sex, race, or color. And
25  any person, whether an attorney or not, or whether within the
26  exceptions mentioned above or not, may conduct his or her own
27  cause in any court of this state, or before any public board,
28  committee, or officer, subject to the lawful rules and
29  discipline of such court, board, committee, or officer. The
30  provisions of this section restricting the practice of law by
31  a sheriff or clerk, or full-time deputy thereof, do shall not
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    Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 174
                        Barcode 325888
 1  apply in a case where such person is representing the office
 2  or agency in the course of his or her duties as an attorney.
 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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 7  And the title is amended as follows:
 8         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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11                      A bill to be entitled
12         An act relating to the practice of law;
13         amending s. 454.18, F.S.; prohibiting deputy
14         clerks of the court or deputy sheriffs who are
15         employed full time from practicing law;
16         providing an effective date.
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