IN RE CONFERENCE OF COUNTY COURT JUDGES
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The Florida Supreme Court recognized and authorized the establishment of the Conference of County Court Judges through adoption of Rule 1.025. The rule provides the organizational framework and purposes for this judicial conference, which aims to improve the state's judicial system and provide continuing education and forums for county court judges.
The Court authorized the Conference of County Court Judges and established Rule 1.025, effective immediately, which defines the Conference's membership, purposes, organizational structure, and management framework. The Conference may adopt its own constitution and bylaws consistent with the rule.
[1] A rule of civil procedure may establish an organization for county court judges.
[2] The purposes of a conference of county court judges include the betterment of the judicial system, improvement of court procedures, and continuing judicial education.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“The purposes of the Conference shall be: (a) The betterment of the Judicial System of the State and its parts; (b) The improvement of rules and methods of procedure and practice in the several Courts; and (c) To conduct conferences and institutes to provide continuing judicial education, and to conduct forums in which the County Court Judges of Florida may meet and discuss mutual problems and solutions.”
Establishes the primary purposes and functions of the newly authorized Conference
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PER CURIAM.
The County Court Judges have established an organization and seek to have it recognized by this Court.
Appended to this order is Rule 1.025, of the Rules of Civil Procedure, authorizing the Conference of County Court Judges. This rule shall take effect immediately.
It is so ordered.
CARLTON, C. J., and ROBERTS, ERVIN, ADKINS, BOYD, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ., concur. APPENDIX
RULE 1.025. CONFERENCE OF COUNTY COURT JUDGES.
(1) There shall be a “Conference of County Court Judges of Florida,” which shall consist of the duly commissioned County Court Judges of the State of Florida.
(2) The purposes of the Conference shall be:
(a) The betterment of the Judicial System of the State and its parts;
(b) The improvement of rules and methods of procedure and practice in the several Courts; and (c) To conduct conferences and institutes to provide continuing judicial education, and to conduct forums in which the County Court Judges of Florida may meet and discuss mutual problems and solutions.
(3) Management of the Conference shall be vested in the officers of the Conference, an Executive Committee, and a Board of Directors.
(a) The officers of the Conference shall be:
(i) President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall be elected at large, and (ii) One Vice-President elected from each Appellate Court District.
(b) The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Conference and an Executive Secretary. (c) The Board of Directors shall consist of the Executive Committee and a member elected from each Judicial Circuit.
(d) There shall be an annual meeting of the Conference.
(e) Between annual meetings of the Conference, the affairs of the Conference shall be managed by the Executive Committee.
(4) The Conference may adopt a constitution and bylaws, the provisions of which shall not be inconsistent with this rule.