House Amendment 8355
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2343, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting:
1 4 <Section 1. Section 46.3, Code 2009, is amended to
1 5 read as follows:
1 6 46.3 Appointment of district judicial nominating
1 7 commissioners.
1 8 1. The governor shall appoint five eligible
1 9 electors of each judicial election district to the
1 10 district judicial nominating commission.
1 11 2. Appointments The appointments made by the
1 12 governor shall be to staggered terms of six years each
1 13 and shall be made in the month of January for terms
1 14 commencing February 1 of even=numbered years.
1 15 3. No more than a A simple majority of the
1 16 commissioners appointed shall be of the same gender.
1 17 4. Beginning with terms commencing February 1,
1 18 2012, there shall not be more than one appointed
1 19 commissioner from a county within a judicial election
1 20 district unless each county within the judicial
1 21 election district has an appointed or elected
1 22 commissioner or the number of appointed commissioners
1 23 exceeds the number of counties within the judicial
1 24 election district. This subsection shall not be used
1 25 to remove an appointed commissioner from office prior
1 26 to the expiration of the commissioner's term.>
1 27 #2. Page 1, lines 4 and 5, by striking <for up to
1 28 one hundred eighty days>
1 29 #3. Page 1, line 8, after <occur.> by inserting <For
1 30 each of the first five delays ordered by the chief
1 31 justice in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010,
1 32 and for each of the first five delays ordered by the
1 33 chief justice in each fiscal year thereafter, the delay
1 34 shall not exceed one hundred eighty days. For each
1 35 delay ordered by the chief justice in excess of the
1 36 first five delays in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 37 2010, and for each delay ordered by the chief justice
1 38 in excess of the first five delays in each fiscal year
1 39 thereafter, the delay shall not exceed one year.>
1 40 #4. Page 1, lines 11 and 12, by striking <for up to
1 41 one hundred eighty days>
1 42 #5. Page 1, line 14, after <judgeship.> by inserting
1 43 <For each of the first five delays ordered by the chief
1 44 justice in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010,
1 45 and for each of the first five delays ordered by the
1 46 chief justice in each fiscal year thereafter, the delay
1 47 shall not exceed one hundred eighty days. For each
1 48 delay ordered by the chief justice in excess of the
1 49 first five delays in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 50 2010, and for each delay ordered by the chief justice
2 1 in excess of the first five delays in each fiscal year
2 2 thereafter, the delay shall not exceed one year.>
2 3 #6. Page 1, lines 19 and 20, by striking <for up to
2 4 one hundred eighty days>
2 5 #7. Page 1, line 21, after <term.> by inserting <For
2 6 each of the first five delays ordered by the chief
2 7 justice in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010,
2 8 and for each of the first five delays ordered by the
2 9 chief justice in each fiscal year thereafter, the delay
2 10 shall not exceed one hundred eighty days. For each
2 11 delay ordered by the chief justice in excess of the
2 12 first five delays in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 13 2010, and for each delay ordered by the chief justice
2 14 in excess of the first five delays in each fiscal year
2 15 thereafter, the delay shall not exceed one year.>
2 16 #8. By renumbering as necessary.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
SWAIM of Davis, Chairperson
SF2343.1922 (3) 83
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