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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2471 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT 1 5 OF APPEALS JUDGES, AND INCLUDING A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE 1 6 DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 602.4101, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 1. The supreme court consists ofnineseven justices. A 1 13 majority of the justices sitting constitutes a quorum, but 1 14lessfewer than three justices is not a quorum. 1 15 Sec. 2. Section 602.5102, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 16 amended to read as follows: 1 17 1. The court of appeals consists ofsixnine judges; three 1 18 judges of the court of appeals constitute a quorum. 1 19 Sec. 3. TRANSITION TO SEVEN-MEMBER SUPREME COURT. 1 20 Notwithstanding section 602.4101, the supreme court shall 1 21 consist of eight or nine justices until the number of justices 1 22 is reduced to seven, by attrition, commencing with any vacancy 1 23 in the supreme court occurring on or after July 1, 1999. For 1 24 purposes of this subsection, "vacancy" means the death, 1 25 resignation, or removal of a justice on the supreme court, or 1 26 the expiration of a term as a justice on the supreme court 1 27 following a failure to file a declaration of candidacy 1 28 pursuant to section 46.20 or a failure to be retained in 1 29 office pursuant to a judicial election. 1 30 Sec. 4. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 1 31 on July 1, 1999, if an appropriation to the judicial 1 32 department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, 1 33 provides for the authorization and funding of nine judges of 1 34 the court of appeals. 1 35 2 1 2 2 2 3 RON J. CORBETT 2 4 Speaker of the House 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 MARY E. KRAMER 2 9 President of the Senate 2 10 2 11 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 12 is known as House File 2471, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 2 17 Chief Clerk of the House 2 18 Approved , 1998 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 2 23 Governor
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