IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.240.
Original Proceeding - Florida Rules of Judicial
Administration
OPINION
PER
CURIAM.
In
response to recent statutory and rule amendments changing the
county court civil and small claims jurisdictional limits,
the Court, on its own motion, amends Florida Rule of Judicial
Administration 2.240 (Determination of Need for Additional
Judges). See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(g). We have
jurisdiction. See art. V, ยง 2(a), Fla. Const.
Amendments
Consistent with the amendment to the county court
jurisdictional limit in section 34.01, Florida Statutes
(2018) made by chapter 2019-58, section 9, Laws of Florida,
we amend subdivision (b)(1)(A)(i) of rule 2.240 to replace
the $15,000.01 minimum claim amount for a circuit court civil
case referenced in that subdivision with a
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$30,000.01 minimum claim amount. We also amend subdivision
(b)(1)(A)(ii) to replace the $5,000.01 to $15,000 claim range
for a non-small-claims county court civil case referenced in
that subdivision with a $8,000.01 to $30,000 claim range,
consistent with the above-referenced statutory amendment and
the recent amendment to Florida Small Claims Rule 7.010
(Title and Scope), which increased the small claims
jurisdictional limit from $5,000 to $8,000. See
In re Amends. to Fla. Rules of Civ. Pro., Fla. Small
Claims Rules, & Fla. Rules of App. Pro.—
Jurisdiction, No. SC19-1354, 238 So.3d 802, 803-04, 814,
2019 WL 5996932 (Fla. Nov. 14, 2019).
Accordingly, the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration are
amended as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New
language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are
indicated by struck-through type. The amendments shall become
effective January 1, 2020, at 12:01 a.m. Because the
amendments were not published for comment prior to their
adoption, interested persons shall have seventy-five days
from the date of this opinion in which to file comments with
the Court.[1]
It is
so ordered.
CANADY,
C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, and MUÑIZ, JJ.,
concur.
Attachment
APPENDIX
RULE 2.240. DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
JUDGES
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