HB 0041BCS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Fiscal Council recommends the following:
2
3     Council/Committee Substitute
4     Remove the entire bill and insert:
5
A bill to be entitled
6An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.;
7revising the number of circuit court judges in the
8Twentieth Judicial Circuit; amending s. 34.022, F.S.;
9revising the number of county court judges in Collier
10County; providing for the additional judges provided under
11the act to be appointed by the Governor; providing
12appropriations and authorizing positions and approved
13salary rates; providing effective dates.
14
15Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17     Section 1.  Effective January 2, 2006, section 26.031,
18Florida Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2005-150,
19Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
20     26.031  Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The number of
21circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
22
23JUDICIAL CIRCUIT     TOTAL
24     (1)  First     22
25     (2)  Second     16
26     (3)  Third     7
27     (4)  Fourth     32
28     (5)  Fifth     28
29     (6)  Sixth.     44
30     (7)  Seventh     26
31     (8)  Eighth     13
32     (9)  Ninth     40
33     (10)  Tenth     26
34     (11)  Eleventh     77
35     (12)  Twelfth     19
36     (13)  Thirteenth     41
37     (14)  Fourteenth     10
38     (15)  Fifteenth     35
39     (16)  Sixteenth     4
40     (17)  Seventeenth     56
41     (18)  Eighteenth     25
42     (19)  Nineteenth     18
43     (20)  Twentieth     25 23
44     Section 2.  Effective January 2, 2006, section 34.022,
45Florida Statutes, as amended by section 4 of chapter 2005-150,
46Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
47     34.022  Number of county court judges for each county.--The
48number of county court judges in each county shall be as
49follows:
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51COUNTY     TOTAL
52     (1)  Alachua     5
53     (2)  Baker     1
54     (3)  Bay     4
55     (4)  Bradford     1
56     (5)  Brevard     9
57     (6)  Broward     28
58     (7)  Calhoun     1
59     (8)  Charlotte     2
60     (9)  Citrus     1
61     (10)  Clay     2
62     (11)  Collier     5 3
63     (12)  Columbia     1
64     (13)  DeSoto     1
65     (14)  Dixie     1
66     (15)  Duval     16
67     (16)  Escambia     5
68     (17)  Flagler     1
69     (18)  Franklin     1
70     (19)  Gadsden     1
71     (20)  Gilchrist     1
72     (21)  Glades     1
73     (22)  Gulf     1
74     (23)  Hamilton     1
75     (24)  Hardee     1
76     (25)  Hendry     1
77     (26)  Hernando     2
78     (27)  Highlands     1
79     (28)  Hillsborough     17
80     (29)  Holmes     1
81     (30)  Indian River     2
82     (31)  Jackson     1
83     (32)  Jefferson     1
84     (33)  Lafayette     1
85     (34)  Lake     3
86     (35)  Lee     7
87     (36)  Leon     5
88     (37)  Levy     1
89     (38)  Liberty     1
90     (39)  Madison     1
91     (40)  Manatee     4
92     (41)  Marion     4
93     (42)  Martin     3
94     (43)  Miami-Dade     42
95     (44)  Monroe     4
96     (45)  Nassau     1
97     (46)  Okaloosa     3
98     (47)  Okeechobee     1
99     (48)  Orange     16
100     (49)  Osceola     3
101     (50)  Palm Beach     18
102     (51)  Pasco     5
103     (52)  Pinellas     15
104     (53)  Polk     9
105     (54)  Putnam     2
106     (55)  St. Johns     2
107     (56)  St. Lucie     4
108     (57)  Santa Rosa     2
109     (58)  Sarasota     5
110     (59)  Seminole     6
111     (60)  Sumter     1
112     (61)  Suwannee     1
113     (62)  Taylor     1
114     (63)  Union     1
115     (64)  Volusia     10
116     (65)  Wakulla     1
117     (66)  Walton     1
118     (67)  Washington     1
119     Section 3.  The judges filling new offices created by this
120act shall be appointed by the Governor.
121     Section 4.  The sums of $517,568 in recurring funds and
122$20,214 in nonrecurring funds are appropriated from the General
123Revenue Fund to the circuit and county courts for the 2005-2006
124fiscal year, and 9 full-time equivalent positions and 705,157 in
125approved salary rate are authorized. The sum of $41,846 in
126recurring funds is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to
127the Office of the State Attorney 20th Circuit for the 2005-2006
128fiscal year, and 2 full-time equivalent positions and 58,791 in
129approved salary rate are authorized.
130     Section 5.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
131act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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