Minnesota Legislature
SF 74
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to courts; providing for the Commission on
Judicial Selection to recommend to the governor
nominees for Tax Court vacancies; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 480B.01, subdivisions 1, 10.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 480B.01,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Judicial vacancies.
If a judge of the
district court deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin ,new text end Workers' Compensation Court of Appealsnew text begin , or
Tax Court new text end dies, resigns, retires, or is removed during the
judge's term of office, or if a new district deleted text begin or deleted text end new text begin ,new text end Workers'
Compensation Court of Appealsnew text begin , or Tax Court new text end judgeship is
created, the resulting vacancy must be filled by the governor as
provided in this section.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 480B.01,
subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10.
Notice to the public.
Upon receiving notice
from the governor that a judicial vacancy has occurred or will
occur on a specified date, the chair shall provide notice of the
following information:
(1) the office that is or will be vacant;
(2) that applications from qualified persons or on behalf
of qualified persons are being accepted by the commission;
(3) that application forms may be obtained from the
governor or the commission at a named address; and
(4) that application forms must be returned to the
commission by a named date.
For a district court vacancy, the notice must be made
available to attorney associations in the judicial district
where the vacancy has occurred or will occur and to at least one
newspaper of general circulation in each county in the
district. For a Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals new text begin or Tax
Court new text end vacancy, the notice must be given to state attorney
associations and all forms of the public media.