Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 202
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: WD .
04/28/2017 .
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The Committee on Rules (Lee) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 26 and 27
4 insert:
5 Section 2. Section 25.052, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 25.052 Annual report.—
8 (1) Between October 1 and October 15 of each year, the
9 Supreme Court shall provide a report with data as of September
10 30 of that year, to the Governor, the Attorney General, the
11 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
12 Representatives consisting of two parts.
13 (a) In part I of the report, the court shall provide the
14 following information regarding each case on the court’s docket
15 as of September 30 of the current year, for which a decision or
16 disposition has not been rendered within 180 days after oral
17 argument was heard or after the date on which the case was
18 submitted to the court panel for a decision without oral
19 argument:
20 1. The case name and number.
21 2. The case type.
22 3. A brief description of the case.
23 4. The date on which the case was added to the court’s
24 docket.
25 5. The date of oral argument or the date the case was
26 submitted to the court panel for decision without oral argument.
27 6. The number of days that have elapsed since the date the
28 oral argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to
29 the court panel for a decision without oral argument.
30 7. A detailed explanation of the court’s failure to render
31 a decision or disposition within 180 days after oral argument
32 was heard or after the date on which the case was submitted to
33 the court panel for a decision without oral argument.
34 8. The date on which, or the time period within which, the
35 court expects to render a decision or disposition.
36 (b) In part II of the report, the court shall provide the
37 following information regarding each case decided or disposed of
38 by the court between October 1 of the prior year and September
39 30 of the current year, for which the decision or disposition
40 was not rendered within 180 days after oral argument was heard
41 or after the date on which the case was submitted to the court
42 panel for a decision without oral argument:
43 1. The information required in subparagraphs (a)1.-5. and
44 7.
45 2. The date that a decision or disposition was issued.
46 3. The number of days that had elapsed between the date
47 oral argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to
48 the court panel for a decision without oral argument and the
49 date on which a decision or disposition was issued.
50 (2) The report shall be submitted in an electronic
51 spreadsheet format capable of being sorted and filtered by the
52 following elements:
53 (a) The case number.
54 (b) The case type.
55 (c) The date on which the case was added to the court’s
56 docket.
57 (d) The date of oral argument or the date the case was
58 submitted to the court panel for decision without oral argument.
59 (e) The number of days that elapsed since the date oral
60 argument was heard or the date the case was submitted to the
61 court panel for a decision without oral argument.
62 (f) The date of decision or disposition.
63 (3) The case type of each case reported shall include
64 civil, criminal not seeking the death penalty, criminal seeking
65 the death penalty, court rules, bar discipline, or judicial
66 discipline.
67 Section 2. Section 25.052, Florida Statutes, created by
68 this act, is repealed July 1, 2022, unless reviewed and
69 reenacted by the Legislature before that date.
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72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete lines 2 - 6
74 and insert:
75 An act relating to courts; amending s. 119.0714, F.S.;
76 providing an exemption from liability for the release
77 of certain information by the clerk of court under
78 certain circumstances; deleting obsolete language;
79 creating s. 25.052, F.S.; requiring the Supreme Court
80 to issue an annual report regarding certain cases;
81 specifying data to be included in such report;
82 providing for future legislative review and repeal;
83 providing an effective date.