Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2170
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/26/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Flores) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 37 - 56
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
    6  each current member of a judicial nominating commission
    7  appointed directly by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar
    8  shall serve the remainder of his or her term, unless removed for
    9  cause. The terms of all other members of a judicial nominating
   10  commission are hereby terminated, and the Governor shall appoint
   11  new members to each judicial nominating commission in the
   12  following manner:
   13         (a) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2002, one of
   14  which shall be an appointment selected from nominations
   15  submitted by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar pursuant
   16  to paragraph (1)(a);
   17         (b) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2003; and
   18         (c) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2004.
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   20  Every subsequent appointment, except an appointment to fill a
   21  vacant, unexpired term, shall be for 4 years. Each expired term
   22  or vacancy shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as
   23  the member whose position is being filled.
   24         Section 2. A member of a judicial nominating commission
   25  serving on the effective date of this act shall serve the
   26  remainder of his or her term, unless removed for cause.
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   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30         And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete lines 6 - 9
   32  and insert:
   33         on judicial nominating commissions; deleting obsolete
   34         provisions; specifying that a current member of a
   35         judicial nominating commission shall serve the
   36         remainder of his or her term; providing
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