House Amendment to Senate File 326 S-3222 Amend Senate File 326, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 46.3, Code 2011, is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 46.3 Appointment of district judicial nominating 6 commissioners. 7 1. The governor shall appoint five eligible 8 electors of each judicial election district to the 9 district judicial nominating commission. 10 2. Appointments The appointments made by the 11 governor shall be to staggered terms of six years each 12 and shall be made in the month of January for terms 13 commencing February 1 of even-numbered years. 14 3. No more than a simple majority of the 15 commissioners appointed shall be of the same gender. 16 4. Beginning with terms commencing February 1, 17 2012, there shall not be more than one appointed 18 commissioner from a county within a judicial election 19 district unless each county within the judicial 20 election district has an appointed or elected 21 commissioner or the number of appointed commissioners 22 exceeds the number of counties within the judicial 23 election district. This subsection shall not be used 24 to remove an appointed commissioner from office prior 25 to the expiration of the commissioner’s term. > 26 2. Title page, line 1, by striking < judicial 27 officers > and inserting < district judicial nominating 28 commissioners, judicial officers, > 29 3. By renumbering as necessary. 30 -1- SF326.2399.H (3) 84 mb 1/ 1 #1. #2.