IN RE ETHICS GOVERNING JUDGES
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The Florida Supreme Court amended Rule 25(4)(b) of the Ethics Governing Judges to require annual financial disclosures to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, effective immediately, with explanatory footnotes clarifying exclusions for minor trade accounts and certain gifts.
Rule 25(4)(b) of the Ethics Governing Judges is amended to require judges to file annual financial reports with the Judicial Qualifications Commission disclosing assets, liabilities, and income sources, with specified exclusions for minor trade accounts and family gifts.
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At the request and suggestion of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, Rule 25(4) (b) of the Ethics Governing Judges adopted by this Court on December 21, 1970 (Petition of Committee on Standards of Judicial Conduct, Fla., 242 So.2d 711) is amended by adding explanatory footnotes.
Rule 25(4) (b) is amended, effective immediately, so as to read as follows:
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(4) A judge shall file with the Judicial Qualifications Commission of this State on or before ten days after filing his federal income tax return for the year 1971 and during the same time in each year thereafter, a financial report consisting of the following documents:
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(b) A verified statement on forms to be approved by the Commission of the assets and liabilities 1 owned, held, or incurred by him at any time during the preceding year as well as a statement of the source and amounts of all income, including gifts 2 and bequests, received by him during the preceding year.
ROBERTS, C. J., and CARLTON, ADKINS, McCAIN and DEKLE, JJ„ concur.
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- Petition of the Comm. ON Standards OF Jud. Conduct, 242 So. 2d 711 (Fla. 1970)