Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H5401 Compare Versions

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10	10	F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to judges; amending ss. 26.031 and 2
16	16	34.022, F.S.; revising the number of circuit court 3
17	17	judges and county court judges, respectively; 4
18	18	providing a declaration of important state interest; 5
19	19	providing an effective date. 6
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21	21	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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23	23	Section 1. Subsections (2), (4), (5), (7), (8), (9), (12), 10
24	24	(14), (15), and (19) of section 26.031, Florida Statutes, a re 11
25	25	amended to read: 12
26	26	26.031 Judicial circuits; number of judges. —The number of 13
27	27	circuit judges in each circuit shall be as follows: 14
28	28	JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TOTAL 15
29	29	(2) Second................................ .............1716 16
30	30	(4) Fourth................................ .............3735 17
31	31	(5) Fifth................................ ..............3431 18
32	32	(7) Seventh................................ ............2927 19
33	33	(8) Eighth................................ .............1413 20
34	34	(9) Ninth................................ ..............4846 21
35	35	(12) Twelfth................................ ...........2422 22
36	36	(14) Fourteenth................................ ........1413 23
37	37	(15) Fifteenth................................ .........3735 24
38	38	(19) Nineteenth................................ ........2019 25
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51	51	Section 2. Subsections (3), (10), (26), (34), (40), (41), 26
52	52	(43), (45), (49), (50), and (60) of section 34.022, Florida 27
53	53	Statutes, are amended to read: 28
54	54	34.022 Number of county court judges for each county. —The 29
55	55	number of county court judges in each county shall be as 30
56	56	follows: 31
57	57	COUNTY TOTAL 32
58	58	(3) Bay................................ ..................54 33
59	59	(10) Clay................................ ................32 34
60	60	(26) Hernando................................ ............32 35
61	61	(34) Lake................................ ................54 36
62	62	(40) Manatee................................ .............54 37
63	63	(41) Marion................................ ..............54 38
64	64	(43) Miami-Dade................................ ........4543 39
65	65	(45) Nassau................................ ..............21 40
66	66	(49) Osceola................................ .............54 41
67	67	(50) Palm Beach................................ ........2019 42
68	68	(60) Sumter................................ ..............21 43
69	69	Section 3. The Legislature finds and declares that this 44
70	70	act fulfills an important state interest. 45
71	71	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 46