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    SB 1444                                  First Engrossed (ntc)



  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 for

  7         appointment by the Governor; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

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

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17  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

18         (1)  First........................................21 20

19         (2)  Second.......................................15 13

20         (3)  Third........................................... 6

21         (4)  Fourth.......................................31 30

22         (5)  Fifth........................................23 22

23         (6)  Sixth........................................40 39

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

25         (8)  Eighth..........................................11

26         (9)  Ninth........................................36 35

27         (10)  Tenth.......................................20 19

28         (11)  Eleventh....................................72 71

29         (12)  Twelfth........................................18

30         (13)  Thirteenth..................................36 35

31         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9


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  1         (15)  Fifteenth...................................33 32

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

  3         (17)  Seventeenth.................................50 49

  4         (18)  Eighteenth..................................23 22

  5         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................15

  6         (20)  Twentieth...................................22 21

  7         Section 2.  Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, is

  8  amended to read:

  9         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

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

11  shall be as follows:

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13  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

14         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

15         (2)  Baker............................................1

16         (3)  Bay..............................................3

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

18         (5)  Brevard........................................8 7

19         (6)  Broward......................................26 25

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

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

22         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

23         (10)  Clay............................................2

24         (11)  Collier.........................................3

25         (12)  Columbia........................................1

26         (13)  Dade...........................................41

27         (14)  DeSoto..........................................1

28         (15)  Dixie...........................................1

29         (16)  Duval.......................................15 14

30         (17)  Escambia........................................5

31         (18)  Flagler.........................................1


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

  2         (20)  Gadsden.........................................1

  3         (21)  Gilchrist.......................................1

  4         (22)  Glades..........................................1

  5         (23)  Gulf............................................1

  6         (24)  Hamilton........................................1

  7         (25)  Hardee..........................................1

  8         (26)  Hendry..........................................1

  9         (27)  Hernando........................................1

10         (28)  Highlands.......................................1

11         (29)  Hillsborough................................15 14

12         (30)  Holmes..........................................1

13         (31)  Indian River....................................2

14         (32)  Jackson.........................................1

15         (33)  Jefferson.......................................1

16         (34)  Lafayette.......................................1

17         (35)  Lake............................................2

18         (36)  Lee...........................................7 6

19         (37)  Leon............................................5

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

21         (39)  Liberty.........................................1

22         (40)  Madison.........................................1

23         (41)  Manatee.........................................3

24         (42)  Marion..........................................3

25         (43)  Martin..........................................2

26         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

27         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

28         (46)  Okaloosa......................................3 2

29         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

30         (48)  Orange......................................15 14

31         (49)  Osceola.........................................3


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  1         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

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

  3         (52)  Pinellas....................................14 13

  4         (53)  Polk..........................................9 8

  5         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

  6         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

  7         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

  8         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

  9         (58)  Sarasota......................................5 4

10         (59)  Seminole........................................5

11         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

12         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

13         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

14         (63)  Union...........................................1

15         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

16         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

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

18         (67)  Washington......................................1

19         Section 3.  The judges filling new offices created by

20  this act shall be appointed by the Governor and shall take

21  office for a term beginning on January 2, 2002.

22         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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