Board finalizes 2005-06 budget.With one final minor change, The Florida Bar's 2005-06 budget has been finished. Incoming Budget Committee Chair Mayanne Downs told the Board of Governors last month the only change to the budget was an $8,620 amendment to restore the judges' section to the Bar Journal directory issue. The board approved that alteration Modification; changing a thing without obliterating it. An alteration is a variation made in the language or terms of a legal document that affects the rights and obligations of the parties to it. . The complete budget was advertised in the April 30 Bar News, Downs noted, following the board's approval at its April meeting. "We received no objection A formal attestation or declaration of disapproval concerning a specific point of law or procedure during the course of a trial; a statement indicating disagreement with a judge's ruling. from any member of The Florida Bar The Florida Bar is the mandatory state bar association for the state of Florida. It is the third largest such bar association in the United States. Its duties include the regulation and discipline of attorneys. or anyone else, so it has been filed with the Florida Supreme Court for its approval," she reported to the board. The new budget, which begins July 1, projects an income of almost $32 million for the Bar and a budget surplus for the year of almost $500,000. The budget does not increase annual members' feel, which remain at $265 for active members and $175 for inactive in·ac·tive adj. 1. Not active or tending to be active. 2. a. Not functioning or operating; out of use: inactive machinery. b. members. |
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