S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 602.1215, subsection 1, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Subject to the provisions of section 602.1209, 3 subsection 3 , the district judges of each chief judge of 4 the judicial election district , after consultation with the 5 district judges of the judicial district, shall by majority 6 vote appoint persons to serve as clerks of the district court 7 within the judicial election district. The district judges of 8 a judicial election district chief judge may appoint a person 9 to serve as clerk of the district court for more than one but 10 not more than four contiguous counties in the same judicial 11 district. A person does not qualify for appointment to the 12 office of clerk of the district court unless the person is at 13 the time of application a resident of the state. A clerk of 14 the district court may be removed from office for cause or for 15 budgetary reasons by a majority vote of the district judges 16 of the chief judge of the judicial election district. Before 17 Prior to removal, the clerk of the district court shall be 18 notified of the cause for removal. 19 EXPLANATION 20 This bill relates to the appointment of the clerks of the 21 district court. 22 The amendment to Code section 602.1215 changes the method 23 by which the clerk of the district court is appointed. The 24 amendment permits the chief judge of each judicial district to 25 appoint the clerk of the district court after consultation with 26 the district judges of the judicial district. The amendment 27 also permits the chief judge to remove the clerk of the 28 district court for cause or budgetary reasons. 29 The clerk under current law is appointed and may be removed 30 by a majority vote of all districts judges in the judicial 31 election district. 32 -1- LSB 5246DP (2) 84 jm/rj 1/ 1