Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

Filed: 4/1/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5824

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5824 on page 5, by
3replacing lines 7 through 18 with the following:
 
4    "(k) Of the 23rd circuit's associate judgeships, the first
5associate judgeship that is or becomes vacant on or after the
6effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
7Assembly shall become a resident judgeship from DeKalb County
8in the 23rd circuit. The additional resident judgeship shall be
9filled by election beginning at the 2016 general election. The
10Supreme Court may fill the judgeship by appointment prior to
11the 2016 general election. As used in this subsection, a
12vacancy does not include the expiration of a term of a resident
13judge who seeks retention in that office at the next term. A
14vacancy does not exist or occur at the expiration of an
15associate judge's term if the associate judge is reappointed. A
16vacancy exists or occurs when an associate judge dies, resigns,
17retires, is removed, or is not reappointed upon expiration of

 

 

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1his or her term, or when a new judgeship is authorized under
2subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Associate Judges Act but is
3not filled."; and
 
4on page 12, by replacing lines 23 through 26 with "reduced by
5one."; and
 
6on page 13, by deleting line 1.