House Bill hb1927e1

                                          HB 1927, First Engrossed



  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; providing for

  5         appointment by the Governor; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

13  number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:

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16         (1)  First...........................................21

17         (2)  Second..........................................15

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20         (5)  Fifth........................................24 23

21         (6)  Sixth........................................41 40

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

23         (8)  Eighth..........................................11

24         (9)  Ninth........................................37 36

25         (10)  Tenth.......................................21 20

26         (11)  Eleventh....................................73 72

27         (12)  Twelfth........................................18

28         (13)  Thirteenth.....................................36

29         (14)  Fourteenth..................................... 9

30         (15)  Fifteenth...................................34 33

31         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4


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                                          HB 1927, First Engrossed



  1         (17)  Seventeenth.................................52 51

  2         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................23

  3         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................15

  4         (20)  Twentieth...................................23 22

  5         Section 2.  The judges filling new offices created by

  6  this act shall be appointed by the Governor and shall take

  7  office for a term beginning on March 1, 2003.

  8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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