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Florida Statute 318.35 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 318.35 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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318.35 Term of office.Hearing officers shall be independent contractors and may serve either full time or part time as determined by the chief judge. In either case, they shall serve at the pleasure of the chief judge of the county and circuit in which they are to hear cases and shall have no definite term of office.
History.s. 6, ch. 89-337; s. 7, ch. 94-202.

Cases Citing F.S. 318.35

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·Abramson v. Beer, 940 So. 2d 586 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2006 WL 3055868

...ve either full time or part time as determined by the *588 chief judge. In either case, they shall serve at the pleasure of the chief judge of the county and circuit in which they are to hear cases and shall have no definite term of office. " [e.s.] § 318.35, Fla....
...The period obviously expressed the pleasure of the Chief Judge and is not illegal, as appellant suggests. The fact that Beer may have been still serving as a hearing officer when he filed papers to qualify for judicial office is of no effect because he held an appointment without "a definite term of office." § 318.35, Fla....
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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2002).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...lorida Statutes, are not judges for purposes of section 40.013 (2)(a), Florida Statutes, such that they would be disqualified from jury service. Sincerely, Robert A. Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgh 1 See, Rule 6.630(c), Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 2 See, s. 318.35 , Fla....
...22 , Fla. Const. 11 Brouwer v. Metropolitan Dade County, 139 F.2d 817 , 819 (C.A. 11th Fla. 1998), citing Thiel v. Southern Pacific Company, 328 U.S. 217 , 222-224 , 66 S.Ct. 984 , 987 , 90 L.Ed. 1181 (1946). 12 Sections 318.34 and 318.32 , Fla. Stat. 13 Section 318.35 , Fla....

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