In re Committee on Standards of Conduct Governing Judges

The Committee on Standards of Conduct Governing Judges (Committee) has requested certain amendments to the Committee’s enabling authority as established in Petition of Committee on Standards of Conduct for Judges, 327 So.2d 5 (Fla.1976), and amended in Petition of Committee on Standards, etc., 367 So.2d 625 (Fla.1979).

The Committee requests that its name be changed to Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, which is more descriptive of the Committee’s duties. The Committee also requests that the enabling authority be amended to authorize three county judges to serve on the Committee. The…