In re Florida Appellate Rules

The power vested in this Court under Section 3 of Article V of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A., to adopt rules governing the practice and procedure in all courts of this State does not authorize this Court to prescribe filing fees to be charged by clerks of courts of record of this State in appellate proceedings. In consideration of this finding, therefore, such parts of Florida Appellate Rules 3.2, subd. >a and 4.7-, 31 F.S.A., which purport to prescribe the amount of such fees, are beyond the power of this Court to adopt. Therefore,

Rule 3.2, subd. a, Florida Appellate Rules, be and the…