Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 676
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/13/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bradley) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 157 - 173
    4  and insert:
    5         (5)(a) To form the initial juvenile justice circuit
    6  advisory board, the secretary of the department, in consultation
    7  with the juvenile justice county councils in existence on
    8  October 1, 2013, shall appoint the chair of the board, who must
    9  meet the board membership requirements in subsection (4). Within
   10  45 days after being appointed, the chair shall appoint the
   11  remaining members to the juvenile justice advisory board and
   12  submit the appointments to the department for approval.
   13         (b) Thereafter, when a vacancy of the chair occurs, the
   14  secretary of the department, in consultation with the juvenile
   15  justice circuit advisory board, shall appoint a new chair, who
   16  must meet the board membership requirements in subsection (4).
   17  The chair shall appoint members to vacant seats within 45 days
   18  of the vacancy and submit the appointments to the department for
   19  approval.
   20         (6) A member may not serve more than two consecutive 2-year
   21  terms, except those members listed in paragraphs (4)(a), (b),
   22  (c), (e), (f), (g), and (h). A former member who has not served
   23  on the juvenile justice circuit advisory board for 2 years is
   24  eligible to serve on the juvenile justice circuit advisory board
   25  again.
   26         (7) At least half of the voting members of the juvenile
   27  justice circuit advisory board constitutes a quorum. A quorum
   28  must be present for the board to vote on a measure or position.
   29         (8) In order for a juvenile justice circuit advisory board
   30  measure or position to pass, it must receive more than 50
   31  percent of the vote.