HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1865
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11 Representative(s) Ball offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Remove from the bill: Everything after the enacting clause
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17 Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7),
18 (9), (10), (11), (13), (15), (17), (18), and (20) of section
19 26.031, Florida Statutes, are 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........................................21 20
25 (2) Second.......................................15 13
26 (4) Fourth.......................................31 30
27 (5) Fifth........................................23 22
28 (6) Sixth........................................40 39
29 (7) Seventh......................................23 22
30 (9) Ninth........................................36 35
31 (10) Tenth.......................................20 19
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1 (11) Eleventh....................................72 71
2 (13) Thirteenth..................................36 35
3 (15) Fifteenth...................................33 32
4 (17) Seventeenth.................................50 49
5 (18) Eighteenth..................................23 22
6 (20) Twentieth...................................22 21
7 Section 2. Current subsections (5), (6), (16), (29),
8 (36), (48), and (52), of section 34.022, Florida Statutes, are
9 amended, current subsection (13) of said section is renumbered
10 as subsection (43) and amended, and subsections (14) through
11 (43) of said section are renumbered as subsections (13)
12 through (42), respectively, to read:
13 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
14 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
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17 COUNTY TOTAL
18 (5) Brevard........................................8 7
19 (6) Broward......................................26 25
20 (15)(16) Duval...................................15 14
21 (28)(29) Hillsborough............................15 14
22 (35)(36) Lee.......................................7 6
23 (43)(13) Miami-Dade Dade............................41
24 (48) Orange......................................15 14
25 (52) Pinellas....................................14 13
26 Section 3. The judges filling new offices created by
27 this act shall be appointed by the Governor and shall take
28 office for a term beginning on January 2, 2002.
29 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title
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6 A bill to be entitled
7 An act relating to the judiciary; amending s.
8 26.031, F.S.; increasing the number of judges
9 in specified judicial circuits; amending s.
10 34.022, F.S.; increasing the number of judges
11 in specified county courts; providing for
12 appointment by the Governor; providing an
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