Bill Amendment: FL S1666 | 2013 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 1666 (Prior Session Legislation)

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

Bill Title: Mortgage Foreclosures

Status: 2013-05-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 87 (Ch. 2013-137) [S1666 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S1666-Judiciary_Committee_Amendment_834778.html

       Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1666
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2         Before line 114
    3  insert:
    4         Section 1. Section 25.073, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    5  read:
    6         25.073 Retired justices or judges assigned to temporary
    7  duty; additional compensation; appropriation.—
    8         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “retired
    9  justice” or “retired judge” means any former justice or judge
   10  who:
   11         (a) Has not been defeated in seeking reelection to, or has
   12  not failed to be retained in seeking retention in, his or her
   13  last judicial office or was not defeated when last seeking
   14  election to judicial office; and
   15         (b) Is not engaged in the practice of law.
   16         (2) Any retired justice of the Supreme Court or retired
   17  judge of a district court of appeal or circuit or county court
   18  assigned to temporary duty in any of such courts, pursuant to
   19  Art. V of the State Constitution, shall be compensated as
   20  follows:
   21         (a) Any such justice or judge shall be paid not less than
   22  $200 for each day or portion of a day that such justice or judge
   23  is assigned to temporary duty; however, no such justice or judge
   24  may serve for more than 60 days in any year without the approval
   25  of the Chief Justice.
   26         (b) Necessary travel expense incident to the performance of
   27  duties required by assignment of such justice or judge to
   28  temporary duty shall be paid by the state in accordance with the
   29  provisions of s. 112.061.
   30         (3)(a) A payment to a retired circuit court or county court
   31  judge may be made only to a retired judge who:
   32         1. Serves in the same circuit court or county court in
   33  which he or she last served in a permanent capacity; or
   34         2. In a circuit court or county court in which the retired
   35  judge previously served as a retired judge before July 1, 2013.
   36         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a payment may be made to
   37  a retired judge who did not previously serve in the particular
   38  circuit court or county court, if the chief judge of the circuit
   39  court certifies in writing to the Chief Justice of the Supreme
   40  Court that the chief judge, after a reasonable search, was
   41  unable to identify a qualified retired judge who previously
   42  served in the circuit or county court who is available for the
   43  temporary duty.
   44         (4)(3) Payments required under this section shall be made
   45  from moneys to be appropriated for this purpose.
   46  
   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48         And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 2
   50  and insert:
   51         An act relating to mortgage foreclosures; amending s.
   52         25.073, F.S.; limiting the eligibility of retired
   53         judges to receive compensation and reimbursement under
   54         certain circumstances; amending s.