Bill Text: IA HF242 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to gubernatorial appointments made to a district judicial nominating commission. (Formerly HF 138)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF242 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF242-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
138)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
gubernatorial
appointments
made
to
a
1
district
judicial
nominating
commission.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
46.3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
46.3
Appointment
of
district
judicial
nominating
3
commissioners.
4
1.
The
governor
shall
appoint
five
eligible
electors
of
each
5
judicial
election
district
to
the
district
judicial
nominating
6
commission.
7
2.
Appointments
The
appointments
made
by
the
governor
8
shall
be
to
staggered
terms
of
six
years
each
and
shall
be
9
made
in
the
month
of
January
for
terms
commencing
February
1
10
of
even-numbered
years.
11
3.
No
more
than
a
A
simple
majority
of
the
commissioners
12
appointed
shall
be
of
the
same
gender.
13
4.
Beginning
with
terms
commencing
February
1,
2012,
there
14
shall
not
be
more
than
one
appointed
commissioner
from
a
15
county
within
a
judicial
election
district
unless
each
county
16
within
the
judicial
election
district
has
an
appointed
or
17
elected
commissioner
or
the
number
of
appointed
commissioners
18
exceeds
the
number
of
counties
within
the
judicial
election
19
district.
This
subsection
shall
not
be
used
to
remove
an
20
appointed
commissioner
from
office
prior
to
the
expiration
of
21
the
commissioner’s
term.
22
EXPLANATION
23
This
bill
relates
to
gubernatorial
appointments
made
to
a
24
district
judicial
nominating
commission.
25
Beginning
with
the
terms
commencing
on
February
1,
2012,
26
the
bill
provides
that
the
governor
shall
not
appoint
more
27
than
one
commissioner
from
a
county
within
a
judicial
election
28
district
unless
each
county
within
the
judicial
election
29
district
has
an
appointed
or
elected
commissioner
or
the
number
30
of
appointed
commissioners
exceeds
the
number
of
counties
31
within
the
judicial
election
district.
Current
law
does
not
32
place
residency
restrictions
on
governor
appointments
to
the
33
commission
other
than
the
person
shall
reside
within
the
34
judicial
election
district.
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242
A
district
judicial
nominating
commission
nominates
three
1
persons
to
the
governor
who
then
selects
a
person
from
the
2
list
of
nominees
for
appointment
to
fill
a
vacancy
in
district
3
court.
4
A
district
judicial
nominating
commission
consists
of
five
5
eligible
electors
of
the
judicial
election
district
appointed
6
to
staggered
terms
by
the
governor,
five
eligible
electors
of
7
the
judicial
election
district
elected
to
staggered
terms
by
8
the
lawyers
of
the
judicial
election
district,
and
the
most
9
senior
district
judge
of
the
judicial
election
district.
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