Opinion
No. 58989-A.
December 4, 1980.
Original Proceeding-Florida Rules of Judicial Administration.
The Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Administration has recommended that (a) Rule 2.040(b)(3) on district court of appeal filing fees be amended to extend the exemption for habeas corpus proceedings to civil as well as criminal cases, thereby bringing the rule in line with article I, section 13, Florida Constitution; and (b) Rule 2.050(c) on circuit chief judge selection be amended to provide that all chief judges serve two-year terms commencing on July 1 of each off-numbered year.
We approve the committee's recommendations and hereby adopt the amendments to the Rules of Judicial Administration appended to this order, effective 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1981. The Court will entertain comments and objections prior to December 15, 1980.
It is so ordered.
SUNDBERG, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, ENGLAND, ALDERMAN and McDONALD, JJ., concur.
Filing Fee. , arising out of or in connection with criminal actions. for a term of two years commencing on July 1 of each odd-numbered year ,