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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 602.6201, subsections 5 and 6, Code 1 2 2003, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 5.In those judicial election districts having more1 4district judges than the number of judgeships specified by the1 5formula in subsection 3, vacancies shall not be filledIf a 1 6 vacancy in a judgeship occurs, the judgeship shall be 1 7 apportioned to the judicial election district having the 1 8 greatest percentage of need between authorized judgeships and 1 9 judgeships specified by the formula in subsection 3, as 1 10 calculated by the state court administrator. If two or more 1 11 judicial election districts have an equal percentage of need 1 12 between authorized judgeships and judgeships specified by the 1 13 formula, the judgeship shall be apportioned by the state court 1 14 administrator. However, an apportionment under this section 1 15 shall not occur if the results of the apportionment would 1 16 cause the judicial election district in which the vacancy 1 17 occurs to have a greater percentage of need between authorized 1 18 judgeships and judgeships specified under the formula as 1 19 calculated by the state court administrator, than would the 1 20 judicial election district which would receive the apportioned 1 21 judgeship. 1 22 6.In those judicial election districts having fewer or1 23the same number of district judges as the number of judgeships1 24specified by the formula in subsection 3, vacancies in the1 25number of district judges shall be filled as they occur.1 26 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the 1 27 contrary, if the chief justice of the supreme court determines 1 28 an inequity exists in the allocation of judgeships and 1 29 judicial workload between judicial election districts, the 1 30 chief justice may authorize a voluntary permanent transfer of 1 31 a district judge from one judicial election district to 1 32 another. The chief justice shall notify all eligible district 1 33 judges of the intent to authorize a voluntary permanent 1 34 transfer and the terms of such a transfer. The chief justice 1 35 may transfer a district judge who consents to the transfer 2 1 within six months of the notification. The transfer of a 2 2 district judge shall take effect within sixty days of the 2 3 official announcement of the transfer by the chief justice. A 2 4 district judge transferred pursuant to this subsection shall 2 5 have six months from the date of the announcement of the 2 6 transfer to establish residency in the judicial election 2 7 district where the district judge is transferred. A district 2 8 judge who has been transferred shall stand for retention in 2 9 the judicial election district to which the district judge has 2 10 been transferred as provided in chapter 46. For purposes of 2 11 subsection 3, the judgeship shall be apportioned to the 2 12 judicial election district where the judge is transferred. A 2 13 voluntary transfer pursuant to this subsection shall not cause 2 14 a vacancy of a judgeship in the judicial election district 2 15 from which the district judge was transferred. A transfer 2 16 under this section shall not occur if the results of the 2 17 transfer would cause the judicial election district from which 2 18 the district judge would be transferred to have a greater 2 19 percentage of need between authorized judgeships and 2 20 judgeships specified under the formula as calculated by the 2 21 state court administrator, than would the judicial election 2 22 district to which the district judge would be transferred. 2 23 Sec. 2. Section 602.6201, subsection 7, Code 2003, is 2 24 amended by striking the subsection. 2 25 Sec. 3. Section 602.6201, subsection 8, Code 2003, is 2 26 amended to read as follows: 2 27 8.Vacancies shall not be filled in a judicial election2 28district which becomes entitled to fewer judgeships under2 29subsection 3, but anAn incumbent district judge shall not be 2 30 removed from office because of a reduction in the number of 2 31 authorized judgeships. 2 32 HF 631 2 33 jm/es/25
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