Florida Statute 318.36 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

318.36 Code of ethics.—Hearing officers shall be subject to The Florida Bar Code of Professional Responsibility and not the Judicial Code of Ethics, except that they shall avoid practices or occupations that would constitute a conflict of interest or give the appearance of impropriety. Whether serving full time or part time, hearing officers shall be prohibited from representing clients or practicing before any other hearing officer of a civil traffic court or from representing any client appealing the decision of any other hearing officer. A civil traffic infractions hearing officer appointed under s. 318.30 shall have judicial immunity in the same manner and to the same extent as judges.

History.—s. 7, ch. 89-337; s. 8, ch. 94-202; s. 10, ch. 99-248.

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...Butterworth Attorney General RAB/tgh 1 See, Rule 6.630(c), Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 2 See, s. 318.35 , Fla. Stat., and s. 318.37, Fla. Stat., which caps the hourly rate of pay for civil traffic infraction hearing officers at $50 per hour. 3 See, s. 318.37, Fla. Stat. 4 Section 318.36 , Fla....
...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. Stat. 14 Section 318.36 , Fla....

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