Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7050
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/05/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Simmons) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 11 - 22
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (1), (9), and (14) of section
    6  26.031, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.—The number of
    8  circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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   10  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                           TOTAL
   11         (1) First...........................................25 24
   12         (9) Ninth...........................................46 44
   13         (14) Fourteenth.....................................12 11
   14         Section 2. Subsection (48) of section 34.022, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.—The
   17  number of county court judges in each county shall be as
   18  follows:
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   20  COUNTY                                                     TOTAL
   21         (48) Orange.........................................19 18
   22         Section 3. The judges filling new offices created by this
   23  act shall be appointed by the Governor.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 2 - 4
   28  and insert:
   29         An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.;
   30         increasing the number of circuit judges in certain
   31         judicial circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.;
   32         increasing the number of county court judges in a
   33         specified county; specifying that the