Bill Text: OR HB4026 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the Court of Appeals.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-27 - Chapter 87, (2012 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2013. [HB4026 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2012-HB4026-Engrossed.html


     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2012 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .

LC 44

                           B-Engrossed

                         House Bill 4026
                Ordered by the House February 24
   Including House Amendments dated February 2 and February 24

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Judiciary)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

  Increases number of Court of Appeals judges from 10 to 13.
Provides that new positions become operative October 1, 2013.
    { - Further increases number of Court of Appeals judges from
13 to 16. Provides that those positions become operative October
1, 2015. - }
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Court of Appeals; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 2.540.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 2.540 is amended to read:
  2.540. (1) The Court of Appeals shall consist of   { - 10 - }
 { +  13 + } judges.
  (2) A judge of the Court of Appeals shall be an elector of the
county of the residence of the judge and be admitted to the
practice of law in this state.
  (3) Each judge of the Court of Appeals shall hold office for a
term of six years and until a successor is elected and qualified.
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) The amendments to ORS 2.540 by section 1 of
this 2012 Act become operative October 1, 2013.
  (2) As soon as possible after the amendments to ORS 2.540 by
section 1 of this 2012 Act become operative, the Governor shall
appoint persons to serve on the Court of Appeals in the positions
created by the amendments to ORS 2.540 by section 1 of this 2012
Act until successors are elected and qualified. + }
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