Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1352
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/19/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Young) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 146 - 179
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) Each administrative law judge shall be appointed for a
    6  4-year term, but during his or her term of office may be removed
    7  by the chief administrative law judge for cause. Before the
    8  expiration of a judge’s term of office, the statewide nominating
    9  commission shall review the judge’s conduct and determine
   10  whether the judge’s performance is satisfactory. In determining
   11  whether a judge’s performance is satisfactory, the commission
   12  shall consider the extent to which the judge has met the
   13  requirements of this chapter. The commission shall report its
   14  finding to the chief administrative law judge no later than 6
   15  months before the expiration of the judge’s term of office. The
   16  chief administrative law judge shall review the commission’s
   17  report and may reappoint the administrative law judge for an
   18  additional 4-year term. If the chief administrative law judge
   19  does not reappoint the judge, the chief administrative law judge
   20  shall inform the commission. The judge shall remain in office
   21  until the chief administrative law judge has appointed a
   22  successor judge in accordance with this subsection. If a vacancy
   23  occurs during a judge’s unexpired term, the commission does not
   24  find the judge’s performance satisfactory, or the chief
   25  administrative law judge does not reappoint the judge, the chief
   26  administrative law judge must appoint a successor judge for a 4
   27  year term in accordance with paragraph (a).
   28         (c) The chief administrative law judge shall appoint each
   29  administrative law judge by June 30, 2018, for a term beginning
   30  on July 1, 2018. For the term beginning on July 1, 2018,
   31  administrative law judges shall be appointed in the following
   32  manner: eight judges appointed to a 1-year term, eight judges
   33  appointed to a 2-year term, eight judges appointed to a 3-year
   34  term, and nine judges appointed to a 4-year term. Thereafter,
   35  each term of office shall be 4 years. Nothing herein limits a
   36  chief administrative law judge’s ability to reappoint an
   37  administrative law judge to additional terms in accordance with
   38  this subsection.