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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 588
By Senator Crist
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031,
3 F.S.; increasing the number of circuit court
4 judges in certain circuits; amending s. 34.022,
5 F.S.; increasing the number of county court
6 judges in certain counties; amending s. 35.06,
7 F.S.; increasing the number of judges in the
8 second and fourth district courts of appeal;
9 specifying the date on which the terms begin
10 for the circuit and county court judicial
11 offices created by the act; providing an
12 effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Section 26.031, Florida Statutes, is
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18 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The
19 number of circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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21 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL
22 (1) First...........................................24
23 (2) Second.......................................17 16
24 (3) Third............................................7
25 (4) Fourth.......................................37 35
26 (5) Fifth........................................37 31
27 (6) Sixth........................................46 45
28 (7) Seventh......................................30 27
29 (8) Eighth.......................................14 13
30 (9) Ninth........................................44 43
31 (10) Tenth.......................................29 28
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1 (11) Eleventh.......................................80
2 (12) Twelfth........................................21
3 (13) Thirteenth..................................46 45
4 (14) Fourteenth..................................12 11
5 (15) Fifteenth...................................36 35
6 (16) Sixteenth.......................................4
7 (17) Seventeenth....................................58
8 (18) Eighteenth..................................27 26
9 (19) Nineteenth..................................20 19
10 (20) Twentieth...................................32 31
11 Section 2. Section 34.022, Florida Statutes, is
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13 34.022 Number of county court judges for each
14 county.--The number of county court judges in each county
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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......................................12 11
23 (6) Broward.........................................32
24 (7) Calhoun..........................................1
25 (8) Charlotte........................................3
26 (9) Citrus...........................................1
27 (10) Clay............................................2
28 (11) Collier.........................................6
29 (12) Columbia........................................1
30 (13) DeSoto..........................................1
31 (14) Dixie...........................................1
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1 (15) Duval.......................................19 17
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................................21 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.............................................8
22 (36) Leon............................................5
23 (37) Levy............................................1
24 (38) Liberty.........................................1
25 (39) Madison.........................................1
26 (40) Manatee.........................................4
27 (41) Marion........................................5 4
28 (42) Martin..........................................3
29 (43) Miami-Dade..................................44 43
30 (44) Monroe..........................................4
31 (45) Nassau..........................................1
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1 (46) Okaloosa........................................3
2 (47) Okeechobee......................................1
3 (48) Orange......................................19 18
4 (49) Osceola.........................................4
5 (50) Palm Beach..................................21 19
6 (51) Pasco...........................................7
7 (52) Pinellas....................................18 17
8 (53) Polk...........................................10
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. Effective January 8, 2008, section 35.06,
24 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25 35.06 Organization of district courts of appeal.--A
26 district court of appeal shall be organized in each of the
27 five appellate districts to be named District Court of Appeal,
28 .... District. The number of judges of each district court of
29 appeal shall be as follows:
30 (1) In the first district there shall be 15 judges.
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1 (2) In the second district there shall be 15 14
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3 (3) In the third district there shall be 11 judges.
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6 (5) In the fifth district there shall be 10 judges.
7 Section 4. The terms of the circuit and county court
8 judicial offices created in sections 1 and 2 of this act shall
9 begin on January 8, 2008.
10 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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circuits, the number of county court judges in certain
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fourth district courts of appeal.
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