Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Amendments to Canon 6 of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
May 10, 2018242 So. 3d 319
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida amended Canon 6A(3) and related disclosure provisions to clarify that judges must report qualifying expense reimbursements, direct payments, and fee waivers only when received from sources other than the State or a judicial branch entity. The Court explained that payments by governmental or judicial branch sources are already public records and need not be duplicatively reported. The amendments became effective immediately, with a sixty-day period for comments.