1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to courts; increasing the number of trial 
  1.3             court judgeships in certain districts; appropriating 
  1.4             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 
  1.5             2.722, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 2.722, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [DESCRIPTION.] Effective July 1, 1959, the 
  1.10  state is divided into ten judicial districts composed of the 
  1.11  following named counties, respectively, in each of which 
  1.12  districts judges shall be chosen as hereinafter specified: 
  1.13     1.  Goodhue, Dakota, Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, and 
  1.14  Sibley; 32 34 judges; and four permanent chambers shall be 
  1.15  maintained in Red Wing, Hastings, Shakopee, and Glencoe and one 
  1.16  other shall be maintained at the place designated by the chief 
  1.17  judge of the district; 
  1.18     2.  Ramsey; 26 judges; 
  1.19     3.  Wabasha, Winona, Houston, Rice, Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, 
  1.20  Waseca, Freeborn, Mower, and Fillmore; 22 24 judges; and 
  1.21  permanent chambers shall be maintained in Faribault, Albert Lea, 
  1.22  Austin, Rochester, and Winona; 
  1.23     4.  Hennepin; 60 judges; 
  1.24     5.  Blue Earth, Watonwan, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, 
  1.25  Lincoln, Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Faribault, 
  2.1   Martin, and Jackson; 16 judges; and permanent chambers shall be 
  2.2   maintained in Marshall, Windom, Fairmont, New Ulm, and Mankato; 
  2.3      6.  Carlton, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook; 15 judges; 
  2.4      7.  Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, 
  2.5   Stearns, Todd, Clay, Becker, and Wadena; 24 25 judges; and 
  2.6   permanent chambers shall be maintained in Moorhead, Fergus 
  2.7   Falls, Little Falls, and St. Cloud; 
  2.8      8.  Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Renville, 
  2.9   Swift, Yellow Medicine, Big Stone, Grant, Pope, Stevens, 
  2.10  Traverse, and Wilkin; 11 judges; and permanent chambers shall be 
  2.11  maintained in Morris, Montevideo, and Willmar; 
  2.12     9.  Norman, Polk, Marshall, Kittson, Red Lake, Roseau, 
  2.13  Mahnomen, Pennington, Aitkin, Itasca, Crow Wing, Hubbard, 
  2.14  Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Cass and Koochiching; 
  2.15  22 23 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in 
  2.16  Crookston, Thief River Falls, Bemidji, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, 
  2.17  and International Falls; and 
  2.18     10.  Anoka, Isanti, Wright, Sherburne, Kanabec, Pine, 
  2.19  Chisago, and Washington; 39 42 judges; and permanent chambers 
  2.20  shall be maintained in Anoka, Stillwater, and other places 
  2.21  designated by the chief judge of the district. 
  2.22     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  2.23     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  2.24  district courts for the judge units authorized in section 1.  
  2.25  Each judge unit consists of a judge, law clerk, and court 
  2.26  reporter.  The appropriation is available until expended. 
  2.27     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.28     One of the additional judgeships in the first district, two 
  2.29  of the additional judgeships in the third district, one of the 
  2.30  additional judgeships in the seventh district, one of the 
  2.31  additional judgeships in the ninth district, and two of the 
  2.32  additional judgeships in the tenth district are effective July 
  2.33  1, 2001.  One of the additional judgeships in the first district 
  2.34  and one of the additional judgeships in the tenth district are 
  2.35  effective July 1, 2002.