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