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  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; amending s. 35.06,

  7         F.S.; increasing the number of judges in

  8         specified district courts of appeal; requiring

  9         the judicial nominating commission to make

10         nominations to fill specified vacancies by a

11         certain date; providing effective dates.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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

16  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

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

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20  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

21         (1)  First...........................................19

22         (2)  Second.......................................13 12

23         (3)  Third......................................... 6 5

24         (4)  Fourth.......................................30 29

25         (5)  Fifth...........................................20

26         (6)  Sixth...........................................37

27         (7)  Seventh......................................22 21

28         (8)  Eighth..........................................10

29         (9)  Ninth........................................35 33

30         (10)  Tenth..........................................18

31         (11)  Eleventh.......................................70


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  1         (12)  Twelfth.....................................18 17

  2         (13)  Thirteenth..................................35 33

  3         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

  4         (15)  Fifteenth......................................31

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

  6         (17)  Seventeenth.................................48 46

  7         (18)  Eighteenth..................................22 21

  8         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................13

  9         (20)  Twentieth...................................21 20

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

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

12  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........................................20 19

18         (2)  Second..........................................13

19         (3)  Third........................................... 6

20         (4)  Fourth..........................................30

21         (5)  Fifth........................................22 20

22         (6)  Sixth........................................39 37

23         (7)  Seventh.........................................22

24         (8)  Eighth.......................................11 10

25         (9)  Ninth...........................................35

26         (10)  Tenth.......................................19 18

27         (11)  Eleventh....................................71 70

28         (12)  Twelfth........................................18

29         (13)  Thirteenth.....................................35

30         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

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


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

  2         (17)  Seventeenth.................................49 48

  3         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................22

  4         (19)  Nineteenth..................................15 13

  5         (20)  Twentieth......................................21

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

  7  Florida Statutes, 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.........................................25

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...........................................41

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.........................................14

30         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

31         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17


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  1         (51)  Pasco...........................................3

  2         (52)  Pinellas.......................................13

  3         (53)  Polk..........................................8 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 4.  Effective October 1, 1999, section 34.022,

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

20  amended to read:

21         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

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

23  shall be as follows:

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25  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

26         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

27         (2)  Baker............................................1

28         (3)  Bay..............................................3

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

30         (5)  Brevard..........................................7

31         (6)  Broward.........................................25


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

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

  3         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

  4         (10)  Clay............................................2

  5         (11)  Collier.........................................3

  6         (12)  Columbia........................................1

  7         (13)  Dade...........................................41

  8         (14)  DeSoto..........................................1

  9         (15)  Dixie...........................................1

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

11         (17)  Escambia........................................5

12         (18)  Flagler.........................................1

13         (19)  Franklin........................................1

14         (20)  Gadsden.........................................1

15         (21)  Gilchrist.......................................1

16         (22)  Glades..........................................1

17         (23)  Gulf............................................1

18         (24)  Hamilton........................................1

19         (25)  Hardee..........................................1

20         (26)  Hendry..........................................1

21         (27)  Hernando........................................1

22         (28)  Highlands.......................................1

23         (29)  Hillsborough................................14 13

24         (30)  Holmes..........................................1

25         (31)  Indian River....................................2

26         (32)  Jackson.........................................1

27         (33)  Jefferson.......................................1

28         (34)  Lafayette.......................................1

29         (35)  Lake............................................2

30         (36)  Lee.............................................6

31         (37)  Leon..........................................5 4


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

  2         (39)  Liberty.........................................1

  3         (40)  Madison.........................................1

  4         (41)  Manatee.........................................3

  5         (42)  Marion..........................................3

  6         (43)  Martin..........................................2

  7         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

  8         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

  9         (46)  Okaloosa........................................2

10         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

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

12         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

13         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

14         (51)  Pasco...........................................3

15         (52)  Pinellas.......................................13

16         (53)  Polk............................................8

17         (54)  Putnam........................................2 1

18         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

19         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

20         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

21         (58)  Sarasota........................................4

22         (59)  Seminole........................................5

23         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

24         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

25         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

26         (63)  Union...........................................1

27         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

28         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

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

30         (67)  Washington......................................1

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

  2  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         35.06  Organization of district courts of appeal.--A

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

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

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

  7  appeal shall be as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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14  The successors of the original and additional judges of the

15  district courts of appeal shall be elected at the general

16  election next preceding the expiration of their respective

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

18         Section 6.  No judicial nominating commission may seek

19  applications or advertise for a judicial office created by

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

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

22         Section 7.

23         Section 8.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this

24  act shall take effect August 1, 1999.

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