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    By the Committees on Justice Appropriations; Judiciary; and
    Senator Crist




    604-1892-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031,

  3         F.S.; revising the number of circuit court

  4         judges in certain circuits; amending s. 34.022,

  5         F.S.; revising the number of county court

  6         judges in certain counties; amending s. 35.06,

  7         F.S.; revising the number of district court

  8         judges in certain district courts of appeal;

  9         providing for appointment or election of new

10         judges created by the act; providing effective

11         dates.

12  

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

14  

15         Section 1.  Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

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

19  

20  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

21         (1)  First........................................22 21

22         (2)  Second.......................................16 15

23         (3)  Third............................................6

24         (4)  Fourth..........................................31

25         (5)  Fifth........................................26 25

26         (6)  Sixth........................................42 41

27         (7)  Seventh.........................................24

28         (8)  Eighth..........................................12

29         (9)  Ninth...........................................38

30         (10)  Tenth.......................................23 22

31         (11)  Eleventh....................................75 74

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 1         (12)  Twelfth........................................19

 2         (13)  Thirteenth..................................39 37

 3         (14)  Fourteenth......................................9

 4         (15)  Fifteenth......................................34

 5         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

 6         (17)  Seventeenth.................................54 53

 7         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................24

 8         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................15

 9         (20)  Twentieth...................................24 23

10         Section 2.  Effective June 1, 2006, section 26.031,

11  Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is amended to read:

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

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

14  

15  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

16         (1)  First...........................................22

17         (2)  Second..........................................16

18         (3)  Third........................................... 6

19         (4)  Fourth..........................................31

20         (5)  Fifth........................................28 26

21         (6)  Sixth........................................43 42

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

23         (8)  Eighth..........................................12

24         (9)  Ninth........................................39 38

25         (10)  Tenth.......................................24 23

26         (11)  Eleventh....................................77 75

27         (12)  Twelfth........................................19

28         (13)  Thirteenth..................................40 39

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

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

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

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 1         (17)  Seventeenth.................................56 54

 2         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................24

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

 4         (20)  Twentieth......................................24

 5         Section 3.  Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, is

 6  amended to read:

 7         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

 8  county.--The number of county court judges in each county

 9  shall be as follows:

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11  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

12         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

13         (2)  Baker............................................1

14         (3)  Bay..............................................3

15         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

16         (5)  Brevard........................................9 8

17         (6)  Broward......................................27 26

18         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

19         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

20         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

21         (10)  Clay............................................2

22         (11)  Collier.........................................3

23         (12)  Columbia........................................1

24         (13)  DeSoto..........................................1

25         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

26         (15)  Duval.......................................16 15

27         (16)  Escambia........................................5

28         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

29         (18)  Franklin........................................1

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

31         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

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

 2         (22)  Gulf............................................1

 3         (23)  Hamilton........................................1

 4         (24)  Hardee..........................................1

 5         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

 6         (26)  Hernando........................................1

 7         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

 8         (28)  Hillsborough................................16 15

 9         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

10         (30)  Indian River....................................2

11         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

12         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

13         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

14         (34)  Lake............................................2

15         (35)  Lee.............................................7

16         (36)  Leon............................................5

17         (37)  Levy............................................1

18         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

19         (39)  Madison.........................................1

20         (40)  Manatee.........................................3

21         (41)  Marion..........................................3

22         (42)  Martin..........................................2

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

24         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

25         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

26         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

27         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

28         (48)  Orange.........................................15

29         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

30         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

31         (51)  Pasco.........................................5 4

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 1         (52)  Pinellas....................................15 14

 2         (53)  Polk............................................9

 3         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

 4         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

 5         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

 6         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

 7         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

 8         (59)  Seminole........................................5

 9         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

10         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

11         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

12         (63)  Union...........................................1

13         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

14         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

15         (66)  Walton..........................................1

16         (67)  Washington......................................1

17         Section 4.  Effective June 1, 2006, section 34.022,

18  Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, is amended to read:

19         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

20  county.--The number of county court judges in each county

21  shall be as follows:

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23  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

24         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

25         (2)  Baker............................................1

26         (3)  Bay..............................................3

27         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

28         (5)  Brevard.......................................10 9

29         (6)  Broward......................................29 27

30         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

31         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

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 1         (9)  Citrus...........................................1

 2         (10)  Clay............................................2

 3         (11)  Collier.........................................3

 4         (12)  Columbia........................................1

 5         (13)  DeSoto..........................................1

 6         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

 7         (15)  Duval..........................................16

 8         (16)  Escambia........................................5

 9         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

10         (18)  Franklin........................................1

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

12         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

13         (21)  Glades..........................................1

14         (22)  Gulf............................................1

15         (23)  Hamilton........................................1

16         (24)  Hardee..........................................1

17         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

18         (26)  Hernando........................................1

19         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

20         (28)  Hillsborough................................17 16

21         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

22         (30)  Indian River....................................2

23         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

24         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

25         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

26         (34)  Lake............................................2

27         (35)  Lee.............................................7

28         (36)  Leon............................................5

29         (37)  Levy............................................1

30         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

31         (39)  Madison.........................................1

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 1         (40)  Manatee.........................................3

 2         (41)  Marion..........................................3

 3         (42)  Martin..........................................2

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

 5         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

 6         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

 7         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

 8         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

 9         (48)  Orange.........................................15

10         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

11         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

12         (51)  Pasco.........................................6 5

13         (52)  Pinellas....................................16 15

14         (53)  Polk............................................9

15         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

16         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

17         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................3

18         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

19         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

20         (59)  Seminole........................................5

21         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

22         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

23         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

24         (63)  Union...........................................1

25         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

26         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

27         (66)  Walton..........................................1

28         (67)  Washington......................................1

29         Section 5.  Section 35.06, Florida Statutes, is amended

30  to read:

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 1         35.06  Organization of district courts of appeal.--A

 2  district court of appeal shall be organized in each of the

 3  five appellate districts to be named District Court of Appeal,

 4  .... District.  The number of judges of each district court of

 5  appeal shall be as follows:

 6         (1)  In the first district there shall be 15 judges.

 7         (2)  In the second district there shall be 15 14

 8  judges.

 9         (3)  In the third district there shall be 11 judges.

10         (4)  In the fourth district there shall be 12 judges.

11         (5)  In the fifth district there shall be 11 10 judges.

12         Section 6.  (1)  The judicial offices created in

13  sections 1 and 3 of this act shall be filled through

14  appointment by the Governor. Judges appointed as provided in

15  this subsection shall take office for a term beginning on

16  January 2, 2006.

17         (2)  The judicial offices created in sections 2 and 4

18  of this act may not be appointed by the Governor but shall be

19  filled by election in 2006 pursuant to chapter 105, Florida

20  Statutes. Candidates for those judicial offices shall qualify

21  as provided in chapter 105, Florida Statutes.

22         Section 7.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in

23  this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

24  

25          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26                          CS for SB 2048

27                                 

28  The committee substitute reduces the number of new judges from
    110 to 34.  The committee substitute creates 2 new DCA judges,
29  20 circuit court judges, and 12 county court judges.

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