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HB 4047 — Judicial Census Commissions
by Rep. Nehr (SB 522 by Senator Braynon)
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Prepared by: Judiciary Committee (JU)
This bill repeals s. 26.011, F.S., an obsolete statute, which provides for the use of judicial census commissions in determining the population of a judicial circuit. The Legislature created the judicial census commissions to determine the population of a given judicial circuit because the State Constitution formerly required one circuit judge for every 50,000 people in a circuit. The Constitution was amended in 1973 to provide for a different method of determining the number of circuit judges, making the judicial census commissions unnecessary.
If approved by the Governor, these provisions will take effect July 1, 2012.
Vote: Senate 40-0; House 117-0