Senate Bill 1922

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1922

    By Senator Grant





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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         for specified judicial circuits; amending s.

  5         34.022, F.S.; increasing the number of judges

  6         for specified county courts; providing

  7         effective dates.

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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, 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.........................................2120

18         (2)  Second........................................1413

19         (3)  Third.......................................... 76

20         (4)  Fourth........................................3230

21         (5)  Fifth.........................................2422

22         (6)  Sixth.........................................4039

23         (7)  Seventh.......................................2322

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

25         (9)  Ninth.........................................3835

26         (10)  Tenth........................................2019

27         (11)  Eleventh.....................................7471

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

29         (13)  Thirteenth...................................3735

30         (14)  Fourteenth................................... 109

31         (15)  Fifteenth....................................3532

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

  2         (17)  Seventeenth..................................5349

  3         (18)  Eighteenth...................................2322

  4         (19)  Nineteenth...................................1615

  5         (20)  Twentieth....................................2321

  6         Section 2.  Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, is

  7  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.........................................97

18         (6)  Broward.......................................2725

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........................................1514

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.................................1614

11         (30)  Holmes..........................................1

12         (31)  Indian River....................................2

13         (32)  Jackson.........................................1

14         (33)  Jefferson.......................................1

15         (34)  Lafayette.......................................1

16         (35)  Lake...........................................32

17         (36)  Lee.............................................6

18         (37)  Leon............................................5

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.......................................32

28         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

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

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

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

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  1         (51)  Pasco..........................................43

  2         (52)  Pinellas.....................................1413

  3         (53)  Polk...........................................98

  4         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

  5         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

  6         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

  7         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

  8         (58)  Sarasota.......................................54

  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, 2000.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Provides for 30 new circuit court judges and 13 county
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