20-354. Elimination of certain district magistrate judge positions; procedure.
20-354
20-354. Elimination of certain district magistrate judge
positions; procedure.
If, upon the death, resignation, retirement or removal
of a district
magistrate judge of a county in which there are two or more district magistrate
judge positions or in which there also is at least one district judge position,
the supreme court determines that the continuation of the
vacant district magistrate judge position is unnecessary, due to the ability
of the remaining judges of the district court in the county to assume the
entire judicial workload of the county, the supreme
court shall certify the elimination of the district magistrate judge position
to the secretary of state. Where the position to be eliminated is in a
judicial district in which the proposition of nonpartisan selection of district
court judges has been approved, such certification also shall be made to
the chairperson of the district judicial nominating commission of the judicial district.
History: L. 1976, ch. 146, § 25; L. 1983, ch. 105, § 10;
L. 1986, ch. 115, § 46; Jan. 12, 1987.