House Amendment 1099


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     1  1    Amend House File 414 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 30, by inserting after line 15 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT == DELAY.
     1  5    1.  Notwithstanding section 46.12, the chief
     1  6 justice may order the state commissioner of elections
     1  7 to delay, for up to one hundred eighty days for
     1  8 budgetary reasons, the sending of a notification to
     1  9 the proper judicial nominating commission that a
     1 10 vacancy in the supreme court, court of appeals, or
     1 11 district court has occurred or will occur.
     1 12    2.  Notwithstanding sections 602.6304, 602.7103B,
     1 13 and 633.20B, the chief justice may order any county
     1 14 magistrate appointing commission to delay, for up to
     1 15 one hundred eighty days for budgetary reasons, the
     1 16 certification of nominees to the chief judge of the
     1 17 judicial district for a district associate judgeship,
     1 18 associate juvenile judgeship, or associate probate
     1 19 judgeship.
     1 20    3.  Notwithstanding section 602.6403, the chief
     1 21 justice may order any county magistrate appointing
     1 22 commission to delay, for up to one hundred eighty days
     1 23 for budgetary reasons, the appointment of a
     1 24 magistrate.
     1 25    4.  The section is applicable for the period
     1 26 beginning on the effective date of this section and
     1 27 ending June 30, 2009.>
     1 28 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 32 OLDSON of Polk
     1 33 HF 414.705 83
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