Florida Senate - 2026                              CS for SB 758
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       590-02025-26                                           2026758c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Justice Administrative
    3         Commission; amending s. 43.16, F.S.; revising the
    4         membership of the Justice Administrative Commission;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 43.16, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         43.16 Justice Administrative Commission; membership, powers
   12  and duties.—
   13         (2) Members of the Justice Administrative Commission shall
   14  serve for a period of 2 years, with the terms of each dating
   15  from July 1, 1985, except that initially, one state attorney
   16  member and one public defender member shall each serve a 1-year
   17  term. Members shall be selected in the following manner:
   18         (a) Three Two state attorneys, to be appointed by the
   19  president of the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.
   20         (b) Two public defenders, to be appointed by the president
   21  of the Florida Public Defender Association.
   22         (c) One board-certified criminal defense attorney with a
   23  Criminal Law Trial Certification, to be appointed by the
   24  president of The Florida Bar Board of Governors.
   25         (d) One chief judge of a judicial circuit, to be appointed
   26  by the chair of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.