Bill Text: IA HF190 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the appointment of a district associate judge. (Formerly HF 58)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF190 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF190-Introduced.html
House
File
190
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
190
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
58)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
appointment
of
a
district
associate
1
judge.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
602.6305,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2011,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
A
person
does
not
qualify
for
appointment
to
the
office
3
of
district
associate
judge
unless
the
person
is
at
the
time
of
4
appointment
a
resident
of
the
county
judicial
election
district
5
in
which
the
vacancy
exists,
licensed
to
practice
law
in
Iowa,
6
and
will
be
able,
measured
by
the
person’s
age
at
the
time
of
7
appointment,
to
complete
the
initial
term
of
office
prior
to
8
reaching
age
seventy-two.
An
applicant
for
district
associate
9
judge
shall
file
a
certified
application
form,
to
be
provided
10
by
the
supreme
court,
with
the
chairperson
of
the
county
11
magistrate
appointing
commission.
12
3.
A
district
associate
judge
must
be
a
resident
of
a
county
13
the
judicial
election
district
in
which
the
office
is
held
14
during
the
entire
term
of
office.
A
district
associate
judge
15
shall
serve
within
the
judicial
district
in
which
appointed,
16
as
directed
by
the
chief
judge,
and
is
subject
to
reassignment
17
under
section
602.6108
.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
appointment
of
a
district
associate
20
judge.
21
The
amendments
to
Code
section
602.6305
allow
a
district
22
associate
judge
to
reside
in
the
judicial
election
district
23
at
the
time
of
appointment
and
throughout
the
entire
term
of
24
office.
Currently,
a
district
associate
judge
is
required
to
25
reside
in
the
county
where
the
vacancy
exists
at
the
time
of
26
appointment
and
throughout
the
entire
term
of
office.
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