Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 202
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/28/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Lee) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 26 and 27
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Section 25.052, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         25.052Annual 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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   71  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   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.