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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 602.6301, Code 1997, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 602.6301 NUMBER AND APPORTIONMENT OF DISTRICT ASSOCIATE 1 4 JUDGES. 1 5 There shall be one district associate judge in counties 1 6 having a population, according to the most recent federal 1 7 decennial census, of more than thirty-five thousand and less 1 8 than eighty thousand; two in counties having a population of 1 9 eighty thousand or more and less than one hundred twenty-five 1 10 thousand; three in counties having a population of one hundred 1 11 twenty-five thousand or more and less than two hundred 1 12 thousand; four in counties having a population of two hundred 1 13 thousand or more and less than two hundred thirty-five 1 14 thousand; five in counties having a population of two hundred 1 15 thirty-five thousand or more and less than two hundred seventy 1 16 thousand; six in counties having a population of two hundred 1 17 seventy thousand or more and less than three hundred five 1 18 thousand; and seven in counties having a population of three 1 19 hundred five thousand or more. However, a county shall not 1 20 lose a district associate judgeship solely because of a 1 21 reduction in the county's population. If the formula provided 1 22 in this section results in the allocation of an additional 1 23 district associate judgeship to a county, implementation of 1 24 the allocation shall be subject to prior approval of the 1 25 supreme court and availability of funds to the judicial 1 26 department. A district associate judge appointed pursuant to 1 27 section 602.6302,or602.6303, or 602.6303A shall not be 1 28 counted for purposes of this section. 1 29 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 602.6303A APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT 1 30 ASSOCIATE JUDGE IN LIEU OF ASSOCIATE JUVENILE JUDGES. 1 31 Notwithstanding section 602.7103, subsection 1, if a 1 32 vacancy occurs in the office of associate juvenile judge, the 1 33 chief judge of the judicial district shall authorize by order 1 34 the appointment of a district associate judge in lieu of the 1 35 appointment of an associate juvenile judge and shall notify 2 1 the county magistrate appointing commission of the 2 2 authorization. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 602.6304, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 2 4 amended to read as follows: 2 5 1. The district associate judges authorized by sections 2 6 602.6301, 602.6302,and602.6303, and 602.6303A shall be 2 7 appointed by the district judges of the judicial election 2 8 district from persons nominated by the county magistrate 2 9 appointing commission. In the case of a district associate 2 10 judge to be appointed to more than one county, the appointment 2 11 shall be from persons nominated by the county magistrate 2 12 appointing commissions acting jointly and in the case of a 2 13 district associate judge to be appointed to more than one 2 14 judicial election district of the same judicial district, the 2 15 appointment shall be by a majority of the district judges in 2 16 each judicial election district. 2 17 EXPLANATION 2 18 This bill provides for the appointment of a district 2 19 associate judge when a vacancy occurs in the position of 2 20 associate juvenile judge. District associate judges 2 21 authorized by this bill are not subject to the restriction on 2 22 the number of district associate judges pursuant to the 2 23 population-based formula in Code section 602.6301. 2 24 LSB 2058HH 77 2 25 ec/jw/5
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