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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 appropriation; providing an 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. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7),
13 (9), (10), (11), (13), (15), (17), (18), and (20) of section
14 26.031, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
15 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The
16 number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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18 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL
19 (1) First........................................21 20
20 (2) Second.......................................15 13
21 (4) Fourth.......................................31 30
22 (5) Fifth........................................23 22
23 (6) Sixth........................................40 39
24 (7) Seventh......................................23 22
25 (9) Ninth........................................36 35
26 (10) Tenth.......................................20 19
27 (11) Eleventh....................................72 71
28 (13) Thirteenth..................................36 35
29 (15) Fifteenth...................................33 32
30 (17) Seventeenth.................................51 49
31 (18) Eighteenth..................................23 22
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2 Section 2. Current subsections (5), (6), (16), (29),
3 (36), (46), (48), (51), (52), (53), and (58) of section
4 34.022, Florida Statutes, are amended, current subsection (13)
5 of said section is renumbered as subsection (43) and amended,
6 and subsections (14) through (43) of said section are
7 renumbered as subsections (13) through (42), respectively, to
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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 (5) Brevard........................................8 7
15 (6) Broward......................................26 25
16 (15)(16) Duval...................................15 14
17 (28)(29) Hillsborough............................15 14
18 (35)(36) Lee.......................................7 6
19 (43)(13) Miami-Dade Dade............................41
20 (46) Okaloosa......................................3 2
21 (48) Orange......................................15 14
22 (51) Pasco.........................................4 3
23 (52) Pinellas....................................14 13
24 (53) Polk..........................................9 8
25 (58) Sarasota......................................5 4
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. In addition to the funding provided in the
30 General Appropriations Act for the 2001-2002 fiscal year for
31 creating 26 additional judgeships, effective January 1, 2002,
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1 the sum of $119,702 is appropriated from the General Revenue
2 Fund and 2 additional positions are authorized in the state
3 courts system for the additional judgeships created by this
4 act. It is the intent of the Legislature that this
5 appropriation be annualized in the following fiscal year.
6 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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