Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 7101
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senators Diaz de la Portilla and Ring moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (453086) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 5 - 26
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 43.291,
    7  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         43.291 Judicial nominating commissions.—
    9         (1) Each judicial nominating commission shall be composed
   10  of the following members:
   11         (a) Three Four members of The Florida Bar, appointed by the
   12  Governor, who are engaged in the practice of law, each of whom
   13  is a resident of the territorial jurisdiction served by the
   14  commission to which the member is appointed. The Board of
   15  Governors of The Florida Bar shall submit to the Governor three
   16  recommended nominees for each position. The Governor shall
   17  select the appointee from the list of nominees recommended for
   18  that position, but the Governor may reject all of the nominees
   19  recommended for a position and request that the Board of
   20  Governors submit a new list of three different recommended
   21  nominees for that position who have not been previously
   22  recommended by the Board of Governors.
   23         (b) Six Five members appointed by the Governor, each of
   24  whom is a resident of the territorial jurisdiction served by the
   25  commission to which the member is appointed, of which at least
   26  two are members of The Florida Bar engaged in the practice of
   27  law.
   28         (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
   29  each current member of a judicial nominating commission
   30  appointed directly by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar
   31  shall serve the remainder of his or her term, unless removed for
   32  cause. The terms of all other members of a judicial nominating
   33  commission are hereby terminated, and the Governor shall appoint
   34  new members to each judicial nominating commission in the
   35  following manner:
   36         (a) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2002, one of
   37  which shall be an appointment selected from nominations
   38  submitted by the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar pursuant
   39  to paragraph (1)(a);
   40         (b) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2003; and
   41         (c) Two appointments for terms ending July 1, 2004.
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   43  Every subsequent appointment, except an appointment to fill a
   44  vacant, unexpired term, shall be for 4 years. The Governor may
   45  not terminate the appointment of a member of any of the judicial
   46  nominating commissions who are serving on or before the
   47  effective date of this act. Each expired term or vacancy shall
   48  be filled by appointment in the same manner as the member whose
   49  position is being filled.
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   51  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   52         And the title is amended as follows:
   53         Delete lines 35 - 37
   54  and insert:
   55         amending s. 43.291, F.S.; revising the membership of
   56         the judicial nominating commissions; prohibiting the
   57         Governor from terminating the current members of the
   58         judicial nominating commissions; providing an
   59         effective date.