Gov. Rick Scott made a surprise appearance at The Florida Bar’s annual conference Thursday, winning applause from judges and lawyers by promising to make court funding a priority next year.
“I am acutely aware of the need to adequately fund the judiciary, and I intend to make court funding a priority during the next legislative session,” Scott told an audience of more than 700 in Orlando. “We need a steady, predictable source of funding for our justice system, and it should be balanced between the trust fund and general revenue.”
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