SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HB 1927, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 193086
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11  Senator Burt moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert:  
17         Section 1.  Effective January 7, 2003, section 26.031,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The
20  number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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22  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL
23         (1)  First...........................................21
24         (2)  Second..........................................15
25         (3)  Third........................................... 6
26         (4)  Fourth..........................................31
27         (5)  Fifth........................................24 23
28         (6)  Sixth........................................41 40
29         (7)  Seventh......................................24 23
30         (8)  Eighth.......................................12 11
31         (9)  Ninth........................................37 36
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1927, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 193086 1 (10) Tenth.......................................21 20 2 (11) Eleventh....................................73 72 3 (12) Twelfth........................................18 4 (13) Thirteenth..................................37 36 5 (14) Fourteenth......................................9 6 (15) Fifteenth...................................34 33 7 (16) Sixteenth...................................... 4 8 (17) Seventeenth.................................52 51 9 (18) Eighteenth..................................24 23 10 (19) Nineteenth.....................................15 11 (20) Twentieth...................................23 22 12 Section 2. The circuit court judges filling new 13 offices created by this act shall be elected in 2002 according 14 to the procedure prescribed in chapter 105, Florida Statutes, 15 and shall take office on January 7, 2003. This section shall 16 take effect upon this act becoming a law. 17 Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 18 this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2002. 19 20 21 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 Delete everything before the enacting clause 24 25 and insert: 26 A bill to be entitled 27 An act relating to the judiciary; amending s. 28 26.031, F.S.; increasing the number of judges 29 in specified judicial circuits; providing 30 effective dates. 31 2 7:49 PM 03/21/02 h1927c-1620b