Senate File 464 S-3152 Amend Senate File 464 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 602.1215, subsection 1, Code 2019, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 1. Subject to the provisions of section 602.1209, 6 subsection 3 , the district judges of each judicial election 7 district shall by majority vote appoint persons to serve as 8 clerks of the district court within the judicial election 9 district. The district judges of a judicial election district 10 may appoint a person to serve as clerk of the district court 11 for more than one but not more than four contiguous counties 12 county in the same judicial district. To facilitate the 13 delivery of court services in every county, the district judges 14 of a judicial election district shall appoint a person to serve 15 as clerk of the district court in every county in the judicial 16 district, which may be the same person designated as clerk in 17 one or more other counties. A person does not qualify for 18 appointment to the office of clerk of the district court unless 19 the person is at the time of application a must be a resident 20 of the state within ninety days of appointment . A clerk of 21 the district court may be removed from office for cause by the 22 chief judge of the judicial district, after consultation with 23 the district judges of the judicial election district. Prior 24 to removal, the clerk of the district court shall be notified 25 of the cause for removal. > 26 ______________________________ JULIAN GARRETT -1- SF464.1724 (1) 88 (amending this SF 464 to CONFORM to HF 267) asf/jh 1/ 1 #1.