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Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1753
By the Committee on Civil Justice & Claims and
Representatives Warner, Bradley, Ritter, Flanagan, Byrd,
Thrasher, Burroughs, Cosgrove and Clemons
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the judiciary; amending s.
3 26.031, F.S.; increasing the number of judges
4 in specified judicial circuits; amending s.
5 34.022, F.S.; increasing the number of judges
6 in specified county courts; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, 1996
12 Supplement, is amended to read:
13 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The
14 number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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16 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL
17 (1) First...........................................19
18 (2) Second........................................1211
19 (3) Third........................................... 5
20 (4) Fourth........................................2928
21 (5) Fifth.........................................2018
22 (6) Sixth...........................................37
23 (7) Seventh.......................................2120
24 (8) Eighth..........................................10
25 (9) Ninth.........................................3332
26 (10) Tenth..........................................18
27 (11) Eleventh.......................................70
28 (12) Twelfth........................................17
29 (13) Thirteenth.....................................33
30 (14) Fourteenth......................................9
31 (15) Fifteenth......................................31
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1 (16) Sixteenth...................................... 4
2 (17) Seventeenth..................................4645
3 (18) Eighteenth.....................................21
4 (19) Nineteenth.....................................13
5 (20) Twentieth......................................20
6 Section 2. Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, 1996
7 Supplement, is amended to read:
8 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
9 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
10 shall be as follows:
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12 COUNTY TOTAL
13 (1) Alachua..........................................5
14 (2) Baker............................................1
15 (3) Bay..............................................3
16 (4) Bradford.........................................1
17 (5) Brevard..........................................7
18 (6) Broward.......................................2524
19 (7) Calhoun..........................................1
20 (8) Charlotte........................................2
21 (9) Citrus...........................................1
22 (10) Clay............................................2
23 (11) Collier.........................................3
24 (12) Columbia........................................1
25 (13) Dade.........................................4140
26 (14) DeSoto..........................................1
27 (15) Dixie...........................................1
28 (16) Duval..........................................13
29 (17) Escambia........................................5
30 (18) Flagler.........................................1
31 (19) Franklin........................................1
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1 (20) Gadsden.........................................1
2 (21) Gilchrist.......................................1
3 (22) Glades..........................................1
4 (23) Gulf............................................1
5 (24) Hamilton........................................1
6 (25) Hardee..........................................1
7 (26) Hendry..........................................1
8 (27) Hernando........................................1
9 (28) Highlands.......................................1
10 (29) Hillsborough...................................13
11 (30) Holmes..........................................1
12 (31) Indian River....................................2
13 (32) Jackson.........................................1
14 (33) Jefferson.......................................1
15 (34) Lafayette.......................................1
16 (35) Lake............................................2
17 (36) Lee.............................................6
18 (37) Leon............................................4
19 (38) Levy............................................1
20 (39) Liberty.........................................1
21 (40) Madison.........................................1
22 (41) Manatee.........................................3
23 (42) Marion..........................................3
24 (43) Martin..........................................2
25 (44) Monroe..........................................4
26 (45) Nassau..........................................1
27 (46) Okaloosa........................................2
28 (47) Okeechobee......................................1
29 (48) Orange.......................................1413
30 (49) Osceola.........................................3
31 (50) Palm Beach.....................................17
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1 (51) Pasco...........................................3
2 (52) Pinellas.......................................13
3 (53) Polk............................................6
4 (54) Putnam..........................................1
5 (55) St. Johns.......................................2
6 (56) St. Lucie.......................................3
7 (57) Santa Rosa......................................2
8 (58) Sarasota........................................4
9 (59) Seminole........................................5
10 (60) Sumter..........................................1
11 (61) Suwannee........................................1
12 (62) Taylor..........................................1
13 (63) Union...........................................1
14 (64) Volusia.........................................9
15 (65) Wakulla.........................................1
16 (66) Walton..........................................1
17 (67) Washington......................................1
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 1997.
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21 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Increases the number of judges in specified judicial
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