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Senate Amendment 5141

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 2267 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, line 5, by striking the words "may
  1  3 from time to time" and inserting the following:
  1  4 "shall, beginning in the year 2002 and at least every
  1  5 ten years thereafter,".
  1  6    #2.  Page 1, line 7, by inserting after the word
  1  7 "composition" the following:  "or the total number".
  1  8    #3.  Page 1, line 13, by inserting after the word
  1  9 "districts," the following:  "which may include
  1 10 expanding or contracting the total number of judicial
  1 11 districts,".
  1 12    #4.  Page 1, line 14, by striking the word
  1 13 "January" and inserting the following:  "November".
  1 14    #5.  Page 1, by striking lines 15 through 18 and
  1 15 inserting the following:  "judicial districts.  The
  1 16 legislative service bureau shall draft a bill
  1 17 embodying the plan for submission by the supreme court
  1 18 to the general assembly.  The bill shall take effect
  1 19 upon the general assembly passing legislation which is
  1 20 approved by the governor including an effective date
  1 21 for the reorganization of the judicial districts.  The
  1 22 general assembly shall bring the bill to a vote in
  1 23 either the senate or the house of representatives
  1 24 within thirty days of the bill's submission by the
  1 25 supreme court to the general assembly, under a
  1 26 procedure or rule permitting no amendments by either
  1 27 house except those of a purely corrective nature.  If
  1 28 both houses pass the bill, the bill shall be presented
  1 29 as any other bill to the governor for approval."
  1 30    #6.  Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the
  1 31 following:
  1 32    "4.  It is the intent of the general assembly that
  1 33 the supreme court prior to developing a plan pursuant
  1 34 to this section consult with and receive input from
  1 35 members of the general public, court employees,
  1 36 judges, members of the general assembly, the eight
  1 37 judicial departments of correctional services, county
  1 38 officers, officials from other interested political
  1 39 subdivisions, and attorneys.  In submitting a plan
  1 40 pursuant to this section, the supreme court shall also
  1 41 submit to the general assembly a report stating the
  1 42 reasons for developing the plan and describing in
  1 43 detail the process used in developing the plan." 
  1 44 
  1 45 
  1 46                               
  1 47 O. GENE MADDOX
  1 48 SF 2267.304 79
  1 49 jm/cf
     

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