HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 205

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Sorensen offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 1, line 19 through page 2, line 10,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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17  and insert:  Each district court of appeal shall have at least

18  one judge appointed from each judicial circuit within the

19  district who is a resident of the circuit at the time of the

20  original appointment.  This requirement is not applicable

21  where the Judicial Nominating Commission for the district

22  court of appeals has advertised a vacancy within an

23  unrepresented circuit and no applications from qualified

24  applicants are received from an unrepresented circuit.

25         Section 2.  (1)  This act shall not affect the term of

26  any district court of appeal judge who is serving at the time

27  of the effective date of this act or any district court of

28  appeal judgeship which is vacant and awaiting filling by

29  appointment by the Governor at the time of the effective date

30  of this act. Any such judge may be reelected to as many

31  successive terms of office for which the judge may qualify.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 205

    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)





  1         (2)(a)  Upon the retirement, death, removal, or

  2  expiration of the term of office without reelection of a judge

  3  of a district court of appeal, or upon the creation of an

  4  additional judgeship on a district court of appeal, for an

  5  appellate district for which there is a judicial circuit from

  6  which there is no judge then serving, such vacancy shall be

  7  filled only by a qualified resident from the geographical area

  8  of such unrepresented judicial circuit if applications are

  9  received from qualified applicants within the unrepresented

10  circuit.

11         (b)  If at the time of any vacancy on a district court

12  of appeal there is more than one judicial circuit which is

13  unrepresented by a judge on such district court of appeal,

14  such vacancy shall be filled by a qualified resident of the

15  judicial circuit having the lowest judicial circuit

16  designation number if applications are received from qualified

17  applicants within the unrepresented circuit.

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