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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1877

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11  The Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations offered the

12  following:

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14         Amendment 

15         Delete everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 1.  Effective August 1, 1999, section 26.031,

19  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

21  number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:

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23  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

24         (1)  First...........................................19

25         (2)  Second.......................................13 12

26         (3)  Third......................................... 6 5

27         (4)  Fourth.......................................30 29

28         (5)  Fifth...........................................20

29         (6)  Sixth...........................................37

30         (7)  Seventh......................................22 21

31         (8)  Eighth..........................................10

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 1         (9)  Ninth........................................35 33

 2         (10)  Tenth..........................................18

 3         (11)  Eleventh.......................................70

 4         (12)  Twelfth.....................................18 17

 5         (13)  Thirteenth..................................35 33

 6         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

 7         (15)  Fifteenth......................................31

 8         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

 9         (17)  Seventeenth.................................48 46

10         (18)  Eighteenth..................................22 21

11         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................13

12         (20)  Twentieth...................................21 20

13         Section 2.  Effective October 1, 1999, section 26.031,

14  Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of this act, is

15  amended to read:

16         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

17  number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:

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19  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

20         (1)  First........................................20 19

21         (2)  Second..........................................13

22         (3)  Third........................................... 6

23         (4)  Fourth..........................................30

24         (5)  Fifth........................................22 20

25         (6)  Sixth........................................39 37

26         (7)  Seventh.........................................22

27         (8)  Eighth.......................................11 10

28         (9)  Ninth...........................................35

29         (10)  Tenth.......................................19 18

30         (11)  Eleventh....................................71 70

31         (12)  Twelfth........................................18

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 1         (13)  Thirteenth.....................................35

 2         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

 3         (15)  Fifteenth...................................32 31

 4         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

 5         (17)  Seventeenth.................................49 48

 6         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................22

 7         (19)  Nineteenth..................................15 13

 8         (20)  Twentieth......................................21

 9         Section 3.  Effective August 1, 1999, section 34.022,

10  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

11         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

12  county.--The number of county court judges in each county

13  shall be as follows:

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15  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

16         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

17         (2)  Baker............................................1

18         (3)  Bay..............................................3

19         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

20         (5)  Brevard..........................................7

21         (6)  Broward.........................................25

22         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

23         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

24         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

25         (10)  Clay............................................2

26         (11)  Collier.........................................3

27         (12)  Columbia........................................1

28         (13)  Dade...........................................41

29         (14)  DeSoto..........................................1

30         (15)  Dixie...........................................1

31         (16)  Duval..........................................13

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 1         (17)  Escambia........................................5

 2         (18)  Flagler.........................................1

 3         (19)  Franklin........................................1

 4         (20)  Gadsden.........................................1

 5         (21)  Gilchrist.......................................1

 6         (22)  Glades..........................................1

 7         (23)  Gulf............................................1

 8         (24)  Hamilton........................................1

 9         (25)  Hardee..........................................1

10         (26)  Hendry..........................................1

11         (27)  Hernando........................................1

12         (28)  Highlands.......................................1

13         (29)  Hillsborough...................................13

14         (30)  Holmes..........................................1

15         (31)  Indian River....................................2

16         (32)  Jackson.........................................1

17         (33)  Jefferson.......................................1

18         (34)  Lafayette.......................................1

19         (35)  Lake............................................2

20         (36)  Lee.............................................6

21         (37)  Leon............................................4

22         (38)  Levy............................................1

23         (39)  Liberty.........................................1

24         (40)  Madison.........................................1

25         (41)  Manatee.........................................3

26         (42)  Marion..........................................3

27         (43)  Martin..........................................2

28         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

29         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

30         (46)  Okaloosa........................................2

31         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

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 1         (48)  Orange.........................................14

 2         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

 3         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

 4         (51)  Pasco...........................................3

 5         (52)  Pinellas.......................................13

 6         (53)  Polk..........................................8 6

 7         (54)  Putnam..........................................1

 8         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

 9         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

10         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

11         (58)  Sarasota........................................4

12         (59)  Seminole........................................5

13         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

14         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

15         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

16         (63)  Union...........................................1

17         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

18         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

19         (66)  Walton..........................................1

20         (67)  Washington......................................1

21         Section 4.  Effective October 1, 1999, section 34.022,

22  Florida Statutes, as amended by section 3 of this act, is

23  amended to read:

24         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

25  county.--The number of county court judges in each county

26  shall be as follows:

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28  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

29         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

30         (2)  Baker............................................1

31         (3)  Bay..............................................3

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 1         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

 2         (5)  Brevard..........................................7

 3         (6)  Broward.........................................25

 4         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

 5         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

 6         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

 7         (10)  Clay............................................2

 8         (11)  Collier.........................................3

 9         (12)  Columbia........................................1

10         (13)  Dade...........................................41

11         (14)  DeSoto..........................................1

12         (15)  Dixie...........................................1

13         (16)  Duval.......................................14 13

14         (17)  Escambia........................................5

15         (18)  Flagler.........................................1

16         (19)  Franklin........................................1

17         (20)  Gadsden.........................................1

18         (21)  Gilchrist.......................................1

19         (22)  Glades..........................................1

20         (23)  Gulf............................................1

21         (24)  Hamilton........................................1

22         (25)  Hardee..........................................1

23         (26)  Hendry..........................................1

24         (27)  Hernando........................................1

25         (28)  Highlands.......................................1

26         (29)  Hillsborough................................14 13

27         (30)  Holmes..........................................1

28         (31)  Indian River....................................2

29         (32)  Jackson.........................................1

30         (33)  Jefferson.......................................1

31         (34)  Lafayette.......................................1

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 1         (35)  Lake............................................2

 2         (36)  Lee.............................................6

 3         (37)  Leon..........................................5 4

 4         (38)  Levy............................................1

 5         (39)  Liberty.........................................1

 6         (40)  Madison.........................................1

 7         (41)  Manatee.........................................3

 8         (42)  Marion..........................................3

 9         (43)  Martin..........................................2

10         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

11         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

12         (46)  Okaloosa........................................2

13         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

14         (48)  Orange.........................................14

15         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

16         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

17         (51)  Pasco...........................................3

18         (52)  Pinellas.......................................13

19         (53)  Polk............................................8

20         (54)  Putnam........................................2 1

21         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

22         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

23         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

24         (58)  Sarasota........................................4

25         (59)  Seminole........................................5

26         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

27         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

28         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

29         (63)  Union...........................................1

30         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

31         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

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 1         (66)  Walton..........................................1

 2         (67)  Washington......................................1

 3         Section 5.  Effective October 1, 1999, section 35.06,

 4  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         35.06  Organization of district courts of appeal.--A

 6  district court of appeal shall be organized in each of the

 7  five appellate districts to be named District Court of Appeal,

 8  .... District.  The number of judges of each district court of

 9  appeal shall be as follows:

10         (1)  In the first district there shall be 15 judges.

11         (2)  In the second district there shall be 14 judges.

12         (3)  In the third district there shall be 11 judges.

13         (4)  In the fourth district there shall be 12 judges.

14         (5)  In the fifth district there shall be 10 9 judges.

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16  The successors of the original and additional judges of the

17  district courts of appeal shall be elected at the general

18  election next preceding the expiration of their respective

19  terms of office to serve for full terms of 6 years.

20         Section 6.  No judicial nominating commission may seek

21  applications or advertise for a judicial office created by

22  sections 1 and 3 of this act before August 1, 1999 or created

23  by sections 2, 4, and 5 before October 1, 1999.

24         Section 7.

25         Section 8.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

26  act shall take effect August 1, 1999.

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