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The Committee on Judiciary (Gaetz) recommended the following

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amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Between line(s) 102 and 103,

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insert:

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Section 3.  Subsection (2) of section 48.27, Florida Statutes,

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is amended to read:

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     48.27  Certified process servers.--

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     (2)(a) The addition of a person's name to the list

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authorizes him or her to serve initial nonenforceable civil

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process on a person found within the circuit where the process

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server is certified when a civil action has been filed against

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such person in the circuit court or in a county court in the

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state. Upon filing an action in circuit or county court, a

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person may select from the list for the circuit where the

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process is to be served one or more certified process servers to

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serve initial nonenforceable civil process.

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(b) The addition of a person's name to the list authorizes

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him or her to serve criminal witness subpoenas and criminal

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summonses on a person found within the circuit where the process

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server is certified. The state in any proceeding or

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investigation by a grand jury or any party in a criminal action,

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prosecution, or proceeding may select from the list for the

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circuit where the process is to be served one or more certified

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process servers to serve the subpoena or summons.

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(and redesignate subsequent sections)

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 10, after the first semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 48.27, F.S., to conform; providing for

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selection of authorized certified process servers to serve

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such subpoenas and summonses;

1/22/2008  4:35:00 PM     JU.JU.03141