H.F. 2002 Section 1. Section 602.7103C, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1 2011, are amended to read as follows: 2 2. A person does not qualify for appointment to the office 3 of full-time associate juvenile judge unless the person is 4 at the time of appointment a resident of the county judicial 5 election district in which the vacancy exists, licensed 6 to practice law in Iowa, and will be able, measured by the 7 person’s age at the time of appointment, to complete the 8 initial term of office prior to reaching age seventy-two. An 9 applicant for full-time associate juvenile judge shall file 10 a certified application form, to be provided by the supreme 11 court, with the chairperson of the county magistrate appointing 12 commission. 13 3. A full-time associate juvenile judge must be a resident 14 of a county the judicial election district in which the 15 office is held during the entire term of office. A full-time 16 associate juvenile judge shall serve within the judicial 17 district in which appointed, as directed by the chief judge, 18 and is subject to reassignment under section 602.6108 . 19 EXPLANATION 20 This bill relates to the appointment of a full-time 21 associate juvenile judge. 22 The bill modifies the residency requirements of a full-time 23 associate juvenile judge. Under the bill, a full-time 24 associate juvenile judge is required at the time of appointment 25 to reside in the judicial election district where the vacancy 26 exists. The bill also requires a full-time associate juvenile 27 judge to reside in the judicial election district in which the 28 office is held during the entire term of office. 29 Current law requires a full-time magistrate at the time of 30 appointment to reside in the county in which the vacancy exists 31 and to reside in the county in which the office is held during 32 the entire term of office. 33 -1- LSB 5013YH (2) 84 jm/rj 1/ 1