HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1865, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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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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Bill No. HB 1865, 1st Eng.
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.................................51 49
5 (18) Eighteenth..................................23 22
6 (20) Twentieth...................................22 21
7 Section 2. Current subsections (5), (6), (16), (29),
8 (36), (46), (48), (51), (52), (53), and (58) of section
9 34.022, Florida Statutes, are amended, current subsection (13)
10 of said section is renumbered as subsection (43) and amended,
11 and subsections (14) through (43) of said section are
12 renumbered as subsections (13) through (42), respectively, to
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14 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
15 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
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18 COUNTY TOTAL
19 (5) Brevard........................................8 7
20 (6) Broward......................................26 25
21 (15)(16) Duval...................................15 14
22 (28)(29) Hillsborough............................15 14
23 (35)(36) Lee.......................................7 6
24 (43)(13) Miami-Dade Dade............................41
25 (46) Okaloosa......................................3 2
26 (48) Orange......................................15 14
27 (51) Pasco.........................................4 3
28 (52) Pinellas....................................14 13
29 (53) Polk..........................................9 8
30 (58) Sarasota......................................5 4
31 Section 3. The judges filling new offices created by
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Bill No. HB 1865, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
1 this act shall be appointed by the Governor and shall take
2 office for a term beginning on January 2, 2002.
3 Section 4. In addition to the funding provided in the
4 General Appropriations Act for the 2001-2002 fiscal year for
5 creating 26 additional judgeships, effective January 1, 2002,
6 the sum of $119,702 is appropriated from the General Revenue
7 Fund and 2 additional positions are authorized in the state
8 courts system for the additional judgeships created by this
9 act. It is the intent of the Legislature that this
10 appropriation be annualized in the following fiscal year.
11 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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