| 1 | The Justice Appropriations Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.; |
| 7 | providing for additional judges in certain judicial |
| 8 | circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.; providing for |
| 9 | additional county court judges in certain counties; |
| 10 | providing for appointment of new judges by the Governor; |
| 11 | providing an appropriation; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 16 | read: |
| 17 | 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The number of |
| 18 | circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: |
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| 20 | JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL |
| 21 | (1) First........................................22 21 |
| 22 | (2) Second.......................................16 15 |
| 23 | (3) Third.........................................7 6 |
| 24 | (4) Fourth.......................................32 31 |
| 25 | (5) Fifth........................................26 25 |
| 26 | (6) Sixth........................................42 41 |
| 27 | (7) Seventh......................................25 24 |
| 28 | (8) Eighth.......................................13 12 |
| 29 | (9) Ninth........................................39 38 |
| 30 | (10) Tenth.......................................23 22 |
| 31 | (11) Eleventh....................................75 74 |
| 32 | (12) Twelfth........................................19 |
| 33 | (13) Thirteenth..................................38 37 |
| 34 | (14) Fourteenth..................................10 9 |
| 35 | (15) Fifteenth...................................35 34 |
| 36 | (16) Sixteenth.......................................4 |
| 37 | (17) Seventeenth.................................54 53 |
| 38 | (18) Eighteenth..................................25 24 |
| 39 | (19) Nineteenth..................................16 15 |
| 40 | (20) Twentieth...................................24 23 |
| 41 | Section 2. Subsections (11) and (42) of section 34.022, |
| 42 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 43 | 34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.--The |
| 44 | number of county court judges in each county shall be as |
| 45 | follows: |
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| 47 | COUNTY TOTAL |
| 48 | (11) Collier......................................4 3 |
| 49 | (42) Martin.......................................3 2 |
| 50 | Section 3. Judges filling new offices created by this act |
| 51 | shall be appointed by the Governor. |
| 52 | Section 4. The sum of $2,045,424 is appropriated from the |
| 53 | General Revenue Fund to the state courts system for purposes of |
| 54 | implementing the provisions of this act. |
| 55 | Section 5. This act shall take effect March 1, 2005. |