Florida Senate - 2015 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2506
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Negron moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 48 - 107
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5 (2)(a) A Supreme Court Justice who permanently resides
6 outside the Second Judicial Circuit shall, if he or she so
7 requests, have a district court of appeal courthouse, a county
8 courthouse, or other appropriate facility in his or her county
9 of residence designated as his or her official headquarters
10 pursuant to s. 112.061. This official headquarters may serve as
11 the justice’s private chambers only.
12 (b) A justice for whom an official headquarters is
13 designated in his or her county of residence under this
14 subsection is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be
15 established by the Chief Justice for each day or partial day
16 that the justice is at the headquarters of the Supreme Court for
17 the conduct of the business of the Court. In addition to the
18 subsistence allowance, a justice is eligible for reimbursement
19 for transportation expenses as provided in s. 112.061(7), for
20 travel between the justice’s official headquarters and the
21 headquarters of the Court for the conduct of the business of the
22 Court.
23 (c) Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for
24 transportation expenses relating to travel between a justice’s
25 official headquarters and the headquarters of the Court shall be
26 made to the extent appropriated funds are available, as
27 determined by the Chief Justice.
28 (3) The Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Office of the
29 State Courts Administrator shall coordinate with each affected
30 justice and other state and local officials as necessary to
31 implement paragraph (2)(a).
32 (4)(a) This section does not require a county to provide
33 space in a county courthouse for a justice. A county may enter
34 into an agreement with the Supreme Court governing the use of
35 space in a county courthouse.
36 (b) The Supreme Court may not use state funds to lease
37 space in a district court of appeal courthouse, county
38 courthouse, or other facility to allow a justice to establish an
39 official headquarters pursuant to subsection (2).
40 Section 2. Subsections (3), (4), and (5) are added to
41 section 35.05, Florida Statutes, to read:
42 35.05 Headquarters.—
43 (3)(a) A district court of appeal judge who permanently
44 resides outside the judicial circuit in which the headquarters
45 or a branch of the court is located and whose residence is
46 located more than 50 miles from the nearest facility of the
47 court shall, if he or she so requests, have a county courthouse
48 or other appropriate facility in his or her county of residence
49 designated as his or her official headquarters pursuant to s.
50 112.061. This official headquarters may serve as the judge’s
51 private chambers only.
52 (b) Reimbursement relating to travel between a judge’s
53 official headquarters and the headquarters of the court or a
54 branch of the court shall be made to the extent appropriated
55 funds are available, as determined by the Chief Justice of the
56 Supreme Court.
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59 And the title is amended as follows:
60 Delete lines 4 - 30
61 and insert:
62 Court; providing for a Supreme Court Justice to have a
63 district court of appeal courthouse, a county
64 courthouse, or other facility in his or her county of
65 residence designated as his or her official
66 headquarters; providing that the official headquarters
67 may serve as the justice’s private chambers only;
68 providing for a justice to receive subsistence and
69 transportation reimbursement relating to travel to the
70 headquarters of the Supreme Court under certain
71 circumstances; providing for implementation; providing
72 that a county is not required to provide space in a
73 county courthouse to a justice; authorizing a county
74 to enter into a specified agreement with the Supreme
75 Court; prohibiting the Supreme Court from using state
76 funds to lease space in a district court of appeal
77 courthouse, county courthouse, or other facility to
78 allow a justice to establish an official headquarters;
79 amending s. 35.05, F.S.; providing for a district
80 court of appeal judge to have a county courthouse or
81 other facility in his or her county of residence
82 designated as his or her official headquarters;
83 providing that the official headquarters may serve as
84 the judge’s private chambers only; providing for a
85 district court of appeal judge to receive
86 reimbursement relating to travel to the headquarters
87 of the court under certain circumstances; providing
88 for implementation;