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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2385 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 46.26 CONGRESSIONAL 1 5 DISTRICT DEFINED. 1 6 As used in this chapter, "congressional district" 1 7 means those districts established following the most 1 8 recent federal decennial census and described in 1 9 chapter 40. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 46.1, Code 1995, is amended to 1 11 read as follows: 1 12 46.1 APPOINTMENT OF STATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING 1 13 COMMISSIONERS. 1 14 The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation 1 15 by the senate, one eligible elector of each 1 16 congressional district to the state judicial 1 17 nominating commission for a six-year term beginning 1 18 and ending as provided in section 69.19. The terms of 1 19 no more thanthreetwo nor less thantwoone of the 1 20 members shall expire within the same two-year period. 1 21 No more than a simple majority of the members 1 22 appointed shall be of the same gender. 1 23 Sec. 3. Section 46.2, Code 1995, is amended to 1 24 read as follows: 1 25 46.2 ELECTION OF STATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING 1 26 COMMISSIONERS. 1 27 The resident members of the bar of each 1 28 congressional district shall elect one eligible 1 29 elector of the district to the state judicial 1 30 nominating commission for a six-year term beginning 1 31 July 1. The terms of no more thanthreetwo nor less 1 32 thantwoone of the members shall expire within the 1 33 same two-year period, the expiration dates being 1 34 governed by the expiration dates of the terms of the 1 35 original appointive members. The members of the bar 1 36 of the respective congressional districts shall in 1 37 January, immediately preceding the expiration of the 1 38 term of a member of the commission, elect a successor 1 39 for a like term. For the first elective term open on 1 40 or after July 1,19871997, inthe odd-numbered1 41 congressional districts four and five the elected 1 42 member shall be a woman and inthe even-numbered1 43 congressional districts one, two, and three the 1 44 elected member shall be a man. Thereafter, the 1 45 districts shall alternate between women and men 1 46 elected members. 1 47 Sec. 4. TRANSITION. 1 48 1. The term of the male commissioner who resides 1 49 in congressional district one, as described in chapter 1 50 40, and was elected to otherwise serve a term expiring 2 1 on June 30, 1999, shall expire on April 30, 1996, and 2 2 that commissioner shall not be replaced. Any election 2 3 to replace that commissioner held before the effective 2 4 date of this Act shall be a nullity. 2 5 2. The term of the male commissioner who resides 2 6 in congressional district three, as described in 2 7 chapter 40, and was appointed by the governor to 2 8 otherwise serve a term expiring on April 30, 2001, 2 9 shall expire on April 30, 1996, and that commissioner 2 10 shall not be replaced. Any appointment made by the 2 11 governor to replace that commissioner before the 2 12 effective date of this Act shall be a nullity. 2 13 3. The terms of those commissioners appointed by 2 14 the governor who reside in congressional district 2 15 four, as described in chapter 40, shall expire on 2 16 April 30, 1996, and the governor shall appoint one 2 17 male commissioner for congressional district four 2 18 pursuant to section 46.1, except that the term shall 2 19 expire April 30, 1997. Thereafter, governor's 2 20 appointees shall serve six-year terms as provided in 2 21 section 46.1. 2 22 4. The term of the commissioner who resides in 2 23 congressional district four, as described in chapter 2 24 40, and was elected to otherwise serve a term expiring 2 25 on June 30, 1997, shall expire on April 30, 1996, and 2 26 that commissioner shall not be replaced. Any election 2 27 to replace that commissioner held before the effective 2 28 date of this Act shall be a nullity. 2 29 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This 2 30 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 2 31 effect upon enactment and applies to appointive terms 2 32 ending on April 30, 1996, and thereafter, and to 2 33 elective terms ending on April 30, 1996, and 2 34 thereafter, as provided in this Act." 2 35 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 2 36 inserting the following: "An Act relating to 2 37 appointment and election of state judicial nominating 2 38 commissioners and providing effective and 2 39 applicability dates and transition provisions." 2 40 2 41 2 42 2 43 MARY NEUHAUSER 2 44 SF 2385.501 76 2 45 sc/jw
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