SF 3532

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to courts; modifying provisions dealing with 
  1.3             appointment of chief judges; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1998, section 484.69, subdivision 1; 
  1.5             repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 484.69, 
  1.6             subdivision 1a. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 484.69, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ELECTION APPOINTMENT; TERM; REMOVAL.] For 
  1.11  each judicial district, the chief justice of the supreme court, 
  1.12  in consultation with the judges of the district court resident 
  1.13  in each and district court administrator of the judicial 
  1.14  districts shall meet and elect from among their number district 
  1.15  for which an appointment is being made, shall appoint a single 
  1.16  chief judge and an assistant chief judge.  The chief judge and 
  1.17  the assistant chief judge shall serve a term of two five years 
  1.18  beginning July 1 of the year in which they are elected.  No A 
  1.19  judge may serve as chief judge or assistant chief judge for more 
  1.20  than two consecutive two year terms, except as provided in 
  1.21  subdivision 1a.  For the term beginning July 1, 1991, and after 
  1.22  that, the chief judge and assistant chief judge in the 
  1.23  odd-numbered judicial district shall be elected to a term of two 
  1.24  years.  For the term beginning July 1, 1991, the chief judge and 
  1.25  assistant chief judge in the even-numbered judicial districts 
  1.26  shall be elected to a term of one year.  For the term beginning 
  2.1   July 1, 1992, and after that, the chief judge and assistant 
  2.2   chief judge in the even-numbered judicial districts shall be 
  2.3   elected to a term of two years additional terms if the incumbent 
  2.4   judge and the chief justice agree to the reappointment. 
  2.5      The seniority of judges and rotation of the position of 
  2.6   chief judge or assistant chief judge shall not be criteria for 
  2.7   the election of the chief judge or the assistant chief judge. 
  2.8      A chief judge or assistant chief judge may be removed for 
  2.9   cause as chief judge or assistant chief judge by the chief 
  2.10  justice of the supreme court, or by a majority of in 
  2.11  consultation with the judges of the judicial district and the 
  2.12  district court administrator. 
  2.13     Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.14     Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 484.69, subdivision 1a, is 
  2.15  repealed. 
  2.16     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.] 
  2.17     Section 1 is effective August 1, 2000, for appointments to 
  2.18  terms expiring on or after that date.