In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Traffic Court

The Traffic Court Rules Committee (Committee) and the Traffic Court Rules Committee of the Conference of County Court Judges (Conference) have filed a joint out-of-cycle report, which includes a minority report, proposing amendments to the Florida Rules of Traffic Court. See Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.140(f). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.

BACKGROUND

The joint report filed in this matter is in response to our request for the Conference to work with the Committee to address whether we should adopt, by rule amendment, a model colloquy informing a defendant in a traffic…