Certification of Need for Additional Judges

806 So.2d 446 (2002)

In re CERTIFICATION OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES.

No. SC01-2703.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 3, 2002.

Article V, section 9 of the Florida Constitution requires this Court to determine, prior to each year's regular legislative session, the need for increasing or decreasing the number of state judges and the need for redefining the jurisdictional boundaries of the district and circuit courts.[1] The certification process is the mechanism that our Constitution establishes for the systematic, uniform assessment of the courts' judgeship needs.

Pursuant to this constitutional…