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  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; providing

  7         appropriations and authorizing positions;

  8         providing effective dates.

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

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12         Section 1.  Effective November 2, 2005, section 26.031,

13  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

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

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17  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

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

19         (2)  Second.......................................16 15

20         (3)  Third............................................6

21         (4)  Fourth..........................................31

22         (5)  Fifth........................................27 25

23         (6)  Sixth........................................42 41

24         (7)  Seventh......................................25 24

25         (8)  Eighth.......................................13 12

26         (9)  Ninth........................................39 38

27         (10)  Tenth.......................................24 22

28         (11)  Eleventh....................................76 74

29         (12)  Twelfth........................................19

30         (13)  Thirteenth..................................39 37

31         (14)  Fourteenth......................................9


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 1         (15)  Fifteenth...................................35 34

 2         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

 3         (17)  Seventeenth.................................54 53

 4         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................24

 5         (19)  Nineteenth..................................17 15

 6         (20)  Twentieth......................................23

 7         Section 2.  Effective January 2, 2006, section 26.031,

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

 9         26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The

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

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12  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

13         (1)  First...........................................22

14         (2)  Second..........................................16

15         (3)  Third......................................... 7 6

16         (4)  Fourth.......................................32 31

17         (5)  Fifth........................................28 27

18         (6)  Sixth........................................44 42

19         (7)  Seventh......................................26 25

20         (8)  Eighth..........................................13

21         (9)  Ninth........................................40 39

22         (10)  Tenth.......................................26 24

23         (11)  Eleventh....................................77 76

24         (12)  Twelfth........................................19

25         (13)  Thirteenth..................................41 39

26         (14)  Fourteenth...................................10 9

27         (15)  Fifteenth......................................35

28         (16)  Sixteenth...................................... 4

29         (17)  Seventeenth.................................56 54

30         (18)  Eighteenth..................................25 24

31         (19)  Nineteenth..................................18 17


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 1         (20)  Twentieth......................................23

 2         Section 3.  Effective November 1, 2005, section 34.022,

 3  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 4         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

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

 6  shall be as follows:

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 8  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

 9         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

10         (2)  Baker............................................1

11         (3)  Bay............................................4 3

12         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

13         (5)  Brevard..........................................8

14         (6)  Broward......................................27 26

15         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

16         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

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

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

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

20         (12)  Columbia........................................1

21         (13)  DeSoto..........................................1

22         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

23         (15)  Duval.......................................16 15

24         (16)  Escambia........................................5

25         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

26         (18)  Franklin........................................1

27         (19)  Gadsden.........................................1

28         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

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

30         (22)  Gulf............................................1

31         (23)  Hamilton........................................1


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

 2         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

 3         (26)  Hernando......................................2 1

 4         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

 5         (28)  Hillsborough................................16 15

 6         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

 7         (30)  Indian River....................................2

 8         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

 9         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

10         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

11         (34)  Lake............................................2

12         (35)  Lee.............................................7

13         (36)  Leon............................................5

14         (37)  Levy............................................1

15         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

16         (39)  Madison.........................................1

17         (40)  Manatee.......................................4 3

18         (41)  Marion........................................4 3

19         (42)  Martin..........................................2

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

21         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

22         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

23         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

24         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

25         (48)  Orange......................................16 15

26         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

27         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................17

28         (51)  Pasco...........................................4

29         (52)  Pinellas....................................15 14

30         (53)  Polk............................................9

31         (54)  Putnam..........................................2


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 1         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

 2         (56)  St. Lucie.....................................4 3

 3         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

 4         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

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

 6         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

 7         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

 8         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

 9         (63)  Union...........................................1

10         (64)  Volusia.........................................9

11         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

12         (66)  Walton..........................................1

13         (67)  Washington......................................1

14         Section 4.  Effective January 2, 2006, section 34.022,

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

16         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

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

18  shall be as follows:

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20  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

21         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

22         (2)  Baker............................................1

23         (3)  Bay..............................................4

24         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

25         (5)  Brevard........................................9 8

26         (6)  Broward......................................28 27

27         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

28         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

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

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

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


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

 2         (13)  DeSoto..........................................1

 3         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

 4         (15)  Duval..........................................16

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

 6         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

 7         (18)  Franklin........................................1

 8         (19)  Gadsden.........................................1

 9         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

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

11         (22)  Gulf............................................1

12         (23)  Hamilton........................................1

13         (24)  Hardee..........................................1

14         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

15         (26)  Hernando........................................2

16         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

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

18         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

19         (30)  Indian River....................................2

20         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

21         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

22         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

23         (34)  Lake..........................................3 2

24         (35)  Lee.............................................7

25         (36)  Leon............................................5

26         (37)  Levy............................................1

27         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

28         (39)  Madison.........................................1

29         (40)  Manatee.........................................4

30         (41)  Marion..........................................4

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


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 1         (43)  Miami-Dade..................................42 41

 2         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

 3         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

 4         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

 5         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

 6         (48)  Orange.........................................16

 7         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

 8         (50)  Palm Beach..................................18 17

 9         (51)  Pasco.........................................5 4

10         (52)  Pinellas.......................................15

11         (53)  Polk............................................9

12         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

13         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

14         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................4

15         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

16         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

17         (59)  Seminole......................................6 5

18         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

19         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

20         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

21         (63)  Union...........................................1

22         (64)  Volusia......................................10 9

23         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

24         (66)  Walton..........................................1

25         (67)  Washington......................................1

26         Section 5.  The sums of $8,203,458 in recurring funds

27  and $306,659 in nonrecurring funds are appropriated from the

28  General Revenue Fund to the circuit and county courts for

29  fiscal year 2005-2006, and 120 full-time positions are

30  authorized.

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