Bill Text: FL S7050 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Circuit Court Judges

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Rules [S7050 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S7050-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 7050
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       
       
       
       
       576-03170-20                                          20207050__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to judges; amending s. 26.031, F.S.;
    3         increasing the number of circuit judges in certain
    4         judicial circuits; amending s. 34.022, F.S.;
    5         increasing the number of county court judges in a
    6         specified county; specifying that the judicial offices
    7         created under the act be filled by gubernatorial
    8         appointment; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsections (1), (9), and (14) of section
   13  26.031, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   14         26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges.—The number of
   15  circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows:
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   17  JUDICIAL CIRCUIT                                           TOTAL
   18         (1) First...........................................25 24
   19         (9) Ninth...........................................46 44
   20         (14) Fourteenth.....................................12 11
   21         Section 2. Subsection (48) of section 34.022, Florida
   22  Statutes, is amended to read:
   23         34.022 Number of county court judges for each county.—The
   24  number of county court judges in each county shall be as
   25  follows:
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   27  COUNTY                                                     TOTAL
   28         (48) Orange.........................................19 18
   29         Section 3. The judges filling new offices created by this
   30  act shall be appointed by the Governor.
   31         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.