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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 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 2, 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 2, 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 equivalent positions

29  and associated salary rate of 705,157 are authorized.  The sum

30  of $41,846 in recurring funds is appropriated from the General

31  Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Attorney 20th Circuit


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 1  for the 2005-2006 fiscal year, and 2 full-time equivalent

 2  positions and associated salary rate of 58,791 are authorized.

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