Title: In Re: Amendments To Florida Rule Of Appellate Procedure 9.300

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
_____________ 
 
No. SC07-1255 
_____________ 
 
 
 
IN RE:  AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE 
OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.300. 
 
[October 18, 2007] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
In 2006, this Court adopted amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate 
Procedure 9.300, along with numerous other amendments to the appellate rules.  
See In re Amendments to the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, 941 So. 2d 352 
(Fla. 2006) (Amendments).  Since adopting the amendments to rule 9.300 that 
deleted previous subdivision (d)(10), the Court has studied the effect of the 
amended rule on proceedings in this Court.  We have jurisdiction, see art. V, ' 
2(a), Fla. Const., and we hereby modify the rule. 
As stated in Amendments, The Florida Bar’s Appellate Court Rules 
Committee had been informed that the requirements of rule 9.300(d)(10) placed an 
unnecessary administrative burden on litigants.  Thus, the basis for the amendment 
appeared reasonable.  However, since the rule was amended, the deletion of 
subdivision (d)(10) has created confusion and unexpected delays for litigants.  
Thus, the Court modifies the rule to reinstate subdivision (d)(10). 
Accordingly, the Court amends Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 
9.300(d) as set forth in the appendix to this opinion.  New language is indicated by 
underscoring.  The amendments shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 
2008. 
However, because the amendment has not been published for comment, 
interested persons shall have until January 16, 2008, in which to file comments 
with the Court.  An original and nine paper copies of all comments must be filed 
with the Court, with a certificate of service verifying that a copy has been served 
on Steven L. Brannock, Chair of the Appellate Rules Committee, Post Office Box 
1288, Tampa, Florida 33601-1288, as well as a separate request for oral argument 
if the person filing the comment wishes to participate in oral argument, which may 
be scheduled in this case.  The Florida Bar has until February 5, 2008, to file a 
response to any comments filed with the Court.  Electronic copies of all comments 
also must be filed in accordance with the Court’s administrative order In Re: 
Mandatory Submission of Electronic Copies of Documents, Fla. Admin. Order No. 
AOSC04-84 (Sept. 13, 2004). 
It is so ordered. 
LEWIS, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, QUINCE, CANTERO, and 
BELL, JJ., concur. 
 
- 2 -
THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER THE 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
 
 
Original Proceeding – The Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 
 
Steven L. Brannock, Chair, Appellate Court Rules Committee, Holland and 
Knight, LLP, Tampa, Florida; John Harkness, Executive Director, and Joanna A. 
Mauer, Bar Staff Liaison, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
 
- 3 -
 
- 4 -
APPENDIX 
RULE 9.300.  Motions 
 
(a)  [No change] 
 
(b)  [No change] 
 
(c)  [No change] 
 
 
(d) Motions Not Tolling Time. 
 
 
(1) – (9)  [No change] 
 
 
(10)  All motions filed in the supreme court, unless accompanied by a 
separate request to toll time. 
 
Committee Notes 
 
[No change]