| 1 | The Judiciary Appropriations Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.; |
| 7 | revising the number of circuit court judges in certain |
| 8 | circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.; revising the number of |
| 9 | county court judges in certain counties; amending s. |
| 10 | 35.06, F.S.; revising the number of appellate court judges |
| 11 | in certain appellate districts; providing appropriations |
| 12 | and authorizing positions; providing effective dates. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Effective September 1, 2006, subsections (1), |
| 17 | (2), (4) through (7), (9) through (14), and (17) through (20) of |
| 18 | section 26.031, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of |
| 19 | chapter 2005-356, Laws of Florida, are amended to read: |
| 20 | 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The number of |
| 21 | circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: |
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| 23 | JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL |
| 24 | (1) First 23 22 |
| 25 | (2) Second 17 16 |
| 26 | (4) Fourth 33 32 |
| 27 | (5) Fifth 30 28 |
| 28 | (6) Sixth 45 44 |
| 29 | (7) Seventh 27 26 |
| 30 | (9) Ninth 41 40 |
| 31 | (10) Tenth 27 26 |
| 32 | (11) Eleventh 79 77 |
| 33 | (12) Twelfth 20 19 |
| 34 | (13) Thirteenth 43 41 |
| 35 | (14) Fourteenth 11 10 |
| 36 | (17) Seventeenth 57 56 |
| 37 | (18) Eighteenth 26 25 |
| 38 | (19) Nineteenth 19 18 |
| 39 | (20) Twentieth 27 25 |
| 40 | Section 2. Effective September 1, 2006, subsections (5), |
| 41 | (6), (8), (11), (48), (51), and (52) of section 34.022, Florida |
| 42 | Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2005-356, Laws of |
| 43 | Florida, are amended to read: |
| 44 | 34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.--The |
| 45 | number of county court judges in each county shall be as |
| 46 | follows: |
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| 48 | COUNTY TOTAL |
| 49 | (5) Brevard 11 9 |
| 50 | (6) Broward 31 28 |
| 51 | (8) Charlotte 3 2 |
| 52 | (11) Collier 6 5 |
| 53 | (48) Orange 17 16 |
| 54 | (51) Pasco 6 5 |
| 55 | (52) Pinellas 17 15 |
| 56 | Section 3. Effective December 1, 2006, subsections (1), |
| 57 | (4), (5), (7), (9) through (13), (17), and (20) of section |
| 58 | 26.031, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter |
| 59 | 2005-356, Laws of Florida, and as amended by this act, are |
| 60 | amended to read: |
| 61 | 26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.--The number of |
| 62 | circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: |
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| 64 | JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL |
| 65 | (1) First 24 23 |
| 66 | (4) Fourth 35 33 |
| 67 | (5) Fifth 32 30 |
| 68 | (7) Seventh 28 27 |
| 69 | (9) Ninth 43 41 |
| 70 | (10) Tenth 28 27 |
| 71 | (11) Eleventh 81 79 |
| 72 | (12) Twelfth 21 20 |
| 73 | (13) Thirteenth 45 43 |
| 74 | (17) Seventeenth 59 57 |
| 75 | (20) Twentieth 31 27 |
| 76 | Section 4. Effective December 1, 2006, subsections (5), |
| 77 | (6), (15), (35), (41), (43), and (48) through (53) of section |
| 78 | 34.022, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter |
| 79 | 2005-356, Laws of Florida, and as amended by this act, are |
| 80 | amended to read: |
| 81 | 34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.--The |
| 82 | number of county court judges in each county shall be as |
| 83 | follows: |
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| 85 | COUNTY TOTAL |
| 86 | (5) Brevard 12 11 |
| 87 | (6) Broward 33 31 |
| 88 | (15) Duval 17 16 |
| 89 | (35) Lee 8 7 |
| 90 | (41) Marion 5 4 |
| 91 | (43) Miami-Dade 43 42 |
| 92 | (48) Orange 18 17 |
| 93 | (49) Osceola 4 3 |
| 94 | (50) Palm Beach 19 18 |
| 95 | (51) Pasco 7 6 |
| 96 | (52) Pinellas 18 17 |
| 97 | (53) Polk 10 9 |
| 98 | Section 5. Effective September 1, 2006, subsections (2) |
| 99 | and (4) of section 35.06, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 100 | 35.06 Organization of district courts of appeal.--A |
| 101 | district court of appeal shall be organized in each of the five |
| 102 | appellate districts to be named District Court of Appeal, _____ |
| 103 | District. The number of judges of each district court of appeal |
| 104 | shall be as follows: |
| 105 | (2) In the second district there shall be 15 14 judges. |
| 106 | (4) In the fourth district there shall be 13 12 judges. |
| 107 | Section 6. One hundred and forty-nine full-time positions |
| 108 | and 11,897,925 in associated salary rate are authorized, and the |
| 109 | sums of $11,639,020 in recurring funds and $385,448 in |
| 110 | nonrecurring funds are hereby appropriated from the General |
| 111 | Revenue Fund to the state courts for the 2006-2007 fiscal year. |
| 112 | Section 7. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
| 113 | act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |