C7BT - Seek State Law for Local Court

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, SEEKING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICH AMENDMENT WOULD VEST JUDICIAL POWER IN, AND PROVIDE EXPRESS AUTHORITY FOR, ANY MUNICIPALITY OF THE STATE TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL COURT COMPRISED OF AN ELECTED JUDICIARY, TO PRESIDE OVER CRIMINAL CASES STEMMING FROM WITHIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY’S JURISDICTION, BE ESTABLISHED AS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY AND INCLUDED IN THE CITY’S 2026 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA; AND FURTHER, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT COPIES OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.