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11 The Committee on Judiciary (Villalobos) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is
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20 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The
21 number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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23 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL
24 (1) First........................................23 21
25 (2) Second.......................................17 15
26 (3) Third.........................................7 6
27 (4) Fourth.......................................33 31
28 (5) Fifth........................................27 25
29 (6) Sixth........................................43 41
30 (7) Seventh......................................26 24
31 (8) Eighth.......................................13 12
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1 (9) Ninth........................................40 38
2 (10) Tenth.......................................24 22
3 (11) Eleventh....................................76 74
4 (12) Twelfth........................................19
5 (13) Thirteenth..................................39 37
6 (14) Fourteenth..................................10 9
7 (15) Fifteenth...................................35 34
8 (16) Sixteenth...................................... 4
9 (17) Seventeenth.................................55 53
10 (18) Eighteenth..................................26 24
11 (19) Nineteenth..................................17 15
12 (20) Twentieth...................................25 23
13 Section 2. Effective June 1, 2006, section 26.031,
14 Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is 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........................................24 23
20 (2) Second..........................................17
21 (3) Third........................................... 7
22 (4) Fourth..........................................33
23 (5) Fifth........................................32 27
24 (6) Sixth........................................46 43
25 (7) Seventh......................................28 26
26 (8) Eighth..........................................13
27 (9) Ninth........................................43 40
28 (10) Tenth.......................................29 24
29 (11) Eleventh....................................81 76
30 (12) Twelfth........................................19
31 (13) Thirteenth..................................43 39
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1 (14) Fourteenth.....................................10
2 (15) Fifteenth......................................35
3 (16) Sixteenth...................................... 4
4 (17) Seventeenth.................................59 55
5 (18) Eighteenth.....................................26
6 (19) Nineteenth..................................19 17
7 (20) Twentieth...................................26 25
8 Section 3. Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, is
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10 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
11 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
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14 COUNTY TOTAL
15 (1) Alachua..........................................5
16 (2) Baker............................................1
17 (3) Bay............................................4 3
18 (4) Bradford.........................................1
19 (5) Brevard........................................9 8
20 (6) Broward......................................28 26
21 (7) Calhoun..........................................1
22 (8) Charlotte........................................2
23 (9) Citrus...........................................1
24 (10) Clay............................................2
25 (11) Collier.......................................4 3
26 (12) Columbia........................................1
27 (13) DeSoto..........................................1
28 (14) Dixie...........................................1
29 (15) Duval.......................................16 15
30 (16) Escambia........................................5
31 (17) Flagler.........................................1
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1 (18) Franklin........................................1
2 (19) Gadsden.........................................1
3 (20) Gilchrist.......................................1
4 (21) Glades..........................................1
5 (22) Gulf............................................1
6 (23) Hamilton........................................1
7 (24) Hardee..........................................1
8 (25) Hendry..........................................1
9 (26) Hernando......................................2 1
10 (27) Highlands.......................................1
11 (28) Hillsborough................................16 15
12 (29) Holmes..........................................1
13 (30) Indian River....................................2
14 (31) Jackson.........................................1
15 (32) Jefferson.......................................1
16 (33) Lafayette.......................................1
17 (34) Lake..........................................3 2
18 (35) Lee...........................................8 7
19 (36) Leon............................................5
20 (37) Levy............................................1
21 (38) Liberty.........................................1
22 (39) Madison.........................................1
23 (40) Manatee.......................................4 3
24 (41) Marion........................................4 3
25 (42) Martin........................................3 2
26 (43) Miami-Dade..................................42 41
27 (44) Monroe..........................................4
28 (45) Nassau..........................................1
29 (46) Okaloosa........................................3
30 (47) Okeechobee......................................1
31 (48) Orange......................................16 15
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1 (49) Osceola.........................................3
2 (50) Palm Beach..................................18 17
3 (51) Pasco.........................................5 4
4 (52) Pinellas....................................15 14
5 (53) Polk............................................9
6 (54) Putnam..........................................2
7 (55) St. Johns.......................................2
8 (56) St. Lucie.....................................4 3
9 (57) Santa Rosa......................................2
10 (58) Sarasota........................................5
11 (59) Seminole......................................6 5
12 (60) Sumter..........................................1
13 (61) Suwannee........................................1
14 (62) Taylor..........................................1
15 (63) Union...........................................1
16 (64) Volusia......................................10 9
17 (65) Wakulla.........................................1
18 (66) Walton..........................................1
19 (67) Washington......................................1
20 Section 4. Effective June 1, 2006, section 34.022,
21 Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is amended to read:
22 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
23 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
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26 COUNTY TOTAL
27 (1) Alachua..........................................5
28 (2) Baker............................................1
29 (3) Bay..............................................4
30 (4) Bradford.........................................1
31 (5) Brevard.......................................12 9
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1 (6) Broward......................................32 28
2 (7) Calhoun..........................................1
3 (8) Charlotte........................................2
4 (9) Citrus...........................................1
5 (10) Clay............................................2
6 (11) Collier.......................................5 4
7 (12) Columbia........................................1
8 (13) DeSoto..........................................1
9 (14) Dixie...........................................1
10 (15) Duval..........................................16
11 (16) Escambia........................................5
12 (17) Flagler.........................................1
13 (18) Franklin........................................1
14 (19) Gadsden.........................................1
15 (20) Gilchrist.......................................1
16 (21) Glades..........................................1
17 (22) Gulf............................................1
18 (23) Hamilton........................................1
19 (24) Hardee..........................................1
20 (25) Hendry..........................................1
21 (26) Hernando........................................2
22 (27) Highlands.......................................1
23 (28) Hillsborough................................19 16
24 (29) Holmes..........................................1
25 (30) Indian River....................................2
26 (31) Jackson.........................................1
27 (32) Jefferson.......................................1
28 (33) Lafayette.......................................1
29 (34) Lake............................................3
30 (35) Lee.............................................8
31 (36) Leon............................................5
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1 (37) Levy............................................1
2 (38) Liberty.........................................1
3 (39) Madison.........................................1
4 (40) Manatee.........................................4
5 (41) Marion........................................5 4
6 (42) Martin..........................................3
7 (43) Miami-Dade..................................43 42
8 (44) Monroe..........................................4
9 (45) Nassau..........................................1
10 (46) Okaloosa........................................3
11 (47) Okeechobee......................................1
12 (48) Orange......................................18 16
13 (49) Osceola.........................................3
14 (50) Palm Beach..................................19 18
15 (51) Pasco.........................................6 5
16 (52) Pinellas....................................18 15
17 (53) Polk............................................9
18 (54) Putnam..........................................2
19 (55) St. Johns.......................................2
20 (56) St. Lucie.......................................4
21 (57) Santa Rosa......................................2
22 (58) Sarasota........................................5
23 (59) Seminole........................................6
24 (60) Sumter..........................................1
25 (61) Suwannee........................................1
26 (62) Taylor..........................................1
27 (63) Union...........................................1
28 (64) Volusia........................................10
29 (65) Wakulla.........................................1
30 (66) Walton..........................................1
31 (67) Washington......................................1
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1 Section 5. Section 35.06, Florida Statutes, is amended
2 to read:
3 35.06 Organization of district courts of appeal.--A
4 district court of appeal shall be organized in each of the
5 five appellate districts to be named District Court of Appeal,
6 .... District. The number of judges of each district court of
7 appeal shall be as follows:
8 (1) In the first district there shall be 15 judges.
9 (2) In the second district there shall be 15 14
10 judges.
11 (3) In the third district there shall be 11 judges.
12 (4) In the fourth district there shall be 12 judges.
13 (5) In the fifth district there shall be 11 10 judges.
14 Section 6. (1) The judicial offices created in
15 sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be filled through
16 appointment by the Governor. Judges appointed as provided in
17 this subsection shall take office for a term beginning on
18 January 2, 2006.
19 (2) The judicial offices created in sections 2 and 4
20 of this act may not be appointed by the Governor but shall be
21 filled by election in 2006 pursuant to chapter 105, Florida
22 Statutes. Candidates for those judicial offices shall qualify
23 as provided in chapter 105, Florida Statutes.
24 Section 7. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
25 this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
30 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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1 and insert: An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031,
2 F.S.; revising the number of circuit court judges in certain
3 circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.; revising the number of
4 county court judges in certain counties; amending s. 35.06,
5 F.S.; revising the number of district court judges in certain
6 district courts of appeal; providing for appointment or
7 election of new judges created by the act; providing effective
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