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    By the Committees on Appropriations; Judiciary; and Senator
    Burt




    309-2171-02

  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

19         (2)  Second..........................................15

20         (3)  Third........................................... 6

21         (4)  Fourth..........................................31

22         (5)  Fifth........................................24 23

23         (6)  Sixth...........................................40

24         (7)  Seventh.........................................23

25         (8)  Eighth.......................................12 11

26         (9)  Ninth........................................37 36

27         (10)  Tenth.......................................21 20

28         (11)  Eleventh....................................73 72

29         (12)  Twelfth........................................18

30         (13)  Thirteenth..................................37 36

31         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

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  1         (15)  Fifteenth......................................33

  2         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

  3         (17)  Seventeenth.................................52 51

  4         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................23

  5         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................15

  6         (20)  Twentieth...................................23 22

  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

11  shall be as follows:

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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

19         (6)  Broward.........................................26

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)  DeSoto..........................................1

27         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

28         (15)  Duval.......................................16 15

29         (16)  Escambia........................................5

30         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

31         (18)  Franklin........................................1

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  1         (19)  Gadsden.........................................1

  2         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

  3         (21)  Glades..........................................1

  4         (22)  Gulf............................................1

  5         (23)  Hamilton........................................1

  6         (24)  Hardee..........................................1

  7         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

  8         (26)  Hernando........................................1

  9         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

10         (28)  Hillsborough...................................15

11         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

12         (30)  Indian River....................................2

13         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

14         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

15         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

16         (34)  Lake............................................2

17         (35)  Lee.............................................7

18         (36)  Leon............................................5

19         (37)  Levy............................................1

20         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

21         (39)  Madison.........................................1

22         (40)  Manatee.........................................3

23         (41)  Marion..........................................3

24         (42)  Martin..........................................2

25         (43)  Miami-Dade.....................................41

26         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

27         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

28         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

29         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

30         (48)  Orange.........................................15

31         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

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  1         (50)  Palm Beach..................................18 17

  2         (51)  Pasco...........................................4

  3         (52)  Pinellas.......................................14

  4         (53)  Polk............................................9

  5         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

  6         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

  7         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

  8         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

  9         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

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 October 1, 2002.

22         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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24          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
25                            CS/SB 1654

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27  Adds one circuit judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit (Broward
    County) and deletes one county judge in Broward County.
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