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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 14-B

    By Senator Saunders





    37-307D-06

  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 the 20th judicial circuit; amending

  5         s. 34.022, F.S.; revising the number of county

  6         court judges in Collier County; providing for

  7         the additional judges provided under the act to

  8         be appointed by the Governor; providing an

  9         appropriation and authorizing positions;

10         providing effective dates.

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

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14         Section 1.  Effective January 1, 2006, section 26.031,

15  Florida Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2005-150,

16  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

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

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

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20  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                         TOTAL

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

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

23         (3)  Third........................................... 7

24         (4)  Fourth..........................................32

25         (5)  Fifth...........................................28

26         (6)  Sixth...........................................44

27         (7)  Seventh.........................................26

28         (8)  Eighth..........................................13

29         (9)  Ninth...........................................40

30         (10)  Tenth..........................................26

31         (11)  Eleventh.......................................77

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

 2         (13)  Thirteenth.....................................41

 3         (14)  Fourteenth.....................................10

 4         (15)  Fifteenth......................................35

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

 6         (17)  Seventeenth....................................56

 7         (18)  Eighteenth.....................................25

 8         (19)  Nineteenth.....................................18

 9         (20)  Twentieth...................................25 23

10         Section 2.  Effective January 1, 2006, section 34.022,

11  Florida Statutes, as amended by section 4 of chapter 2005-150,

12  Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

13         34.022  Number of county court judges for each

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

15  shall be as follows:

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17  COUNTY                                                   TOTAL

18         (1)  Alachua..........................................5

19         (2)  Baker............................................1

20         (3)  Bay..............................................4

21         (4)  Bradford.........................................1

22         (5)  Brevard..........................................9

23         (6)  Broward.........................................28

24         (7)  Calhoun..........................................1

25         (8)  Charlotte........................................2

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

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

28         (11)  Collier.......................................5 3

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

30         (13)  DeSoto..........................................1

31         (14)  Dixie...........................................1

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 1         (15)  Duval..........................................16

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

 3         (17)  Flagler.........................................1

 4         (18)  Franklin........................................1

 5         (19)  Gadsden.........................................1

 6         (20)  Gilchrist.......................................1

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

 8         (22)  Gulf............................................1

 9         (23)  Hamilton........................................1

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

11         (25)  Hendry..........................................1

12         (26)  Hernando........................................2

13         (27)  Highlands.......................................1

14         (28)  Hillsborough...................................17

15         (29)  Holmes..........................................1

16         (30)  Indian River....................................2

17         (31)  Jackson.........................................1

18         (32)  Jefferson.......................................1

19         (33)  Lafayette.......................................1

20         (34)  Lake............................................3

21         (35)  Lee.............................................7

22         (36)  Leon............................................5

23         (37)  Levy............................................1

24         (38)  Liberty.........................................1

25         (39)  Madison.........................................1

26         (40)  Manatee.........................................4

27         (41)  Marion..........................................4

28         (42)  Martin..........................................3

29         (43)  Miami-Dade.....................................42

30         (44)  Monroe..........................................4

31         (45)  Nassau..........................................1

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 1         (46)  Okaloosa........................................3

 2         (47)  Okeechobee......................................1

 3         (48)  Orange.........................................16

 4         (49)  Osceola.........................................3

 5         (50)  Palm Beach.....................................18

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

 7         (52)  Pinellas.......................................15

 8         (53)  Polk............................................9

 9         (54)  Putnam..........................................2

10         (55)  St. Johns.......................................2

11         (56)  St. Lucie.......................................4

12         (57)  Santa Rosa......................................2

13         (58)  Sarasota........................................5

14         (59)  Seminole........................................6

15         (60)  Sumter..........................................1

16         (61)  Suwannee........................................1

17         (62)  Taylor..........................................1

18         (63)  Union...........................................1

19         (64)  Volusia........................................10

20         (65)  Wakulla.........................................1

21         (66)  Walton..........................................1

22         (67)  Washington......................................1

23         Section 3.  The judges filling new offices created by

24  this act shall be appointed by the Governor.

25         Section 4.  The sums of $517,568 in recurring funds and

26  $20,214 in nonrecurring funds are appropriated from the

27  General Revenue Fund to the circuit and county courts for the

28  2005-2006 fiscal year, and 9 full-time positions are

29  authorized.

30         Section 5.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in

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

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