Senate Bill sb1444e1
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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; 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
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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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