HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1865
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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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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16  and insert in lieu thereof:  
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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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1865 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 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 15 shall be as follows: 16 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 30 law. 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/26/01 hjo0006 06:35 pm 01865-0029-255803
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1865 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title 4 5 and insert in lieu thereof: 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 13 effective date. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/26/01 hjo0006 06:35 pm 01865-0029-255803