Amendment S-5177 to HF 2558
Relating to appropriations to the judicial branch
Never voted on
Filed May 24, 2022 in the Senate by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the rule so that no more than half of the appointed commissioners can be of the same gender. It also changes how the chairperson of a judicial nominating commission is chosen, allowing the commissioners to elect a chair from among themselves instead of using the judge with the longest service.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 5, by striking lines 16 through 22 and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 46.3, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- No more than a simple majority half of the commissioners appointed shall be of the same gender.”
- By striking page 5, line 23, through page 6, line 5, and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 46.6, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- The judge of longest service in the district shall serve as the chair of a particular on the district judicial nominating commission. If the judges of longest service in the district are of equal service, the eldest of such judges shall be chairperson of the particular serve on the judicial nominating commission. The commissioners of the district judicial nominating commission shall elect a chairperson from their own number. The chairperson shall serve a two-year term that expires on April 30 of even-numbered years. A commissioner may be reelected for a second or third term as chairperson. If a chairperson of a judicial nominating commission desires to be relieved of the duties of chairperson while retaining the status of commissioner, the chairperson shall notify the governor and the other commissioners of the commission. At the next meeting of the commission, the commissioners shall elect a new chairperson for the remainder of the two-year term.”
- By renumbering as necessary. -1- H 8387.4630.H (1) 89 md 1/ 1