| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to judicial circuits; amending s. 26.031, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing for additional judges in certain judicial |
| 4 | circuits; providing for appointment of new judges by the |
| 5 | Governor; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (6), (9), (11), |
| 10 | (13), (15), (17), (18), and (20), of section 26.031, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 12 | 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The number of |
| 13 | circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: |
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| 15 | JUDICIAL CIRCUIT |
| 16 | TOTAL |
| 17 | (1) First.............................................22 |
| 18 | 21 |
| 19 | (2) Second............................................16 |
| 20 | 15 |
| 21 | (4) Fourth............................................33 |
| 22 | 31 |
| 23 | (6) Sixth.............................................42 |
| 24 | 41 |
| 25 | (9) Ninth.............................................39 |
| 26 | 38 |
| 27 | (11) Eleventh.........................................75 |
| 28 | 74 |
| 29 | (13) Thirteenth.......................................38 |
| 30 | 37 |
| 31 | (15) Fifteenth........................................35 |
| 32 | 34 |
| 33 | (17) Seventeenth......................................56 |
| 34 | 53 |
| 35 | (18) Eighteenth.......................................25 |
| 36 | 24 |
| 37 | (20) Twentieth.... ...................................24 |
| 38 | 23 |
| 39 | Section 2. Judges filling new offices created by this act |
| 40 | shall be appointed by the Governor. |
| 41 | Section 3. This act shall take effect March 1, 2005. |