Florida Senate - 2018                             CS for SB 1396
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       
       590-02451-18                                          20181396c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to judgeships; amending s. 26.031,
    3         F.S.; adding judges to the Ninth Judicial Circuit
    4         Court; amending s. 34.022, F.S.; adding and removing
    5         judges from certain county courts; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 26.031, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.—The number of
   13  circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
   14  
   15  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                           TOTAL
   16         (9) Ninth...........................................45 43
   17         Section 2. Subsections (1), (5), (8), (11), (16), (28),
   18  (36), (51), (53), and (54) of section 34.022, Florida Statutes,
   19  are amended to read:
   20         34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.—The
   21  number of county court judges in each county shall be as
   22  follows:
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   24  COUNTY                                                     TOTAL
   25         (1) Alachua...........................................4 5
   26         (5) Brevard..........................................8 11
   27         (8) Charlotte.........................................2 3
   28         (11) Collier..........................................5 6
   29         (16) Escambia.........................................4 5
   30         (28) Hillsborough...................................19 17
   31         (36) Leon.............................................4 5
   32         (51) Pasco............................................5 7
   33         (53) Polk............................................9 10
   34         (54) Putnam...........................................1 2
   35         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.