as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/09/2020 01:32pm
A bill for an act
relating to courts; increasing the number of trial court judgeships in the fifth district;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section
2.722, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2019 Supplement, section 2.722, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:
Effective July 1, 1959, the state is divided into ten judicial
districts composed of the following named counties, respectively, in each of which districts
judges shall be chosen as hereinafter specified:
1. Goodhue, Dakota, Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, and Sibley; 36 judges; and four
permanent chambers shall be maintained in Red Wing, Hastings, Shakopee, and Glencoe
and one other shall be maintained at the place designated by the chief judge of the district;
2. Ramsey; 26 judges;
3. Wabasha, Winona, Houston, Rice, Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Freeborn, Mower,
and Fillmore; 23 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Faribault, Albert
Lea, Austin, Rochester, and Winona;
4. Hennepin; 60 judges;
5. Blue Earth, Watonwan, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, Lincoln, Cottonwood,
Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Faribault, Martin, and Jackson; deleted text begin 16deleted text end new text begin 17new text end judges; and
permanent chambers shall be maintained in Marshall, Windom, Fairmont, New Ulm, and
Mankato;
6. Carlton, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook; 15 judges;
7. Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd, Clay, Becker, and
Wadena; 30 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Moorhead, Fergus
Falls, Little Falls, and St. Cloud;
8. Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine, Big
Stone, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin; 11 judges; and permanent chambers
shall be maintained in Morris, Montevideo, and Willmar;
9. Norman, Polk, Marshall, Kittson, Red Lake, Roseau, Mahnomen, Pennington, Aitkin,
Itasca, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Cass and
Koochiching; 24 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Crookston, Thief
River Falls, Bemidji, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, and International Falls; and
10. Anoka, Isanti, Wright, Sherburne, Kanabec, Pine, Chisago, and Washington; 45
judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Anoka, Stillwater, and other places
designated by the chief judge of the district.
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This section is effective July 1, 2020.
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$....... is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2021 to the Fifth District Court
for the judge unit authorized in section 1. The judge unit consists of a judge, law clerk, and
court reporter. This appropriation is available until expended and is added to the base.
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