Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1091
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 33-5-44.1-1.
Synopsis: Vigo superior court. Adds an additional judge to the Vigo
County superior court. (The introduced version of this bill was
approved by the commission on courts.)
Effective: July 1, 2003.
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1091
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
courts and court officers.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 33-5-44.1-1; (03)IN1091.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 33-5-44.1-1
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.45-2000,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 1. There is hereby established a superior court in
Vigo County, Indiana, which court shall consist of four (4) five (5)
judges who shall hold their office for six (6) years if they behave well
and until their successors have been elected and qualified. In addition
to the four (4) five (5) judges, the judge of the Vigo circuit court may
sit as a judge of said Vigo superior court as provided in this chapter.
SOURCE: ; (03)IN1091.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]
(a) Notwithstanding
IC 33-5-44.1-1
, as amended by this act, the Vigo superior court is
not expanded to five (5) judges until January 1, 2004.
(b) The governor shall appoint a person under
IC 3-13-6-1
(c) to
serve as the initial judge added to the Vigo superior court by
IC 33-5-44.1-1
, as amended by this act.
(c) The term of the initial judge appointed under subsection (b)
begins January 1, 2004, and ends December 31, 2006.
(d) The initial election of the judge of the Vigo superior court
added by
IC 33-5-44.1-1
, as amended by this act, is the general
election in November 2006. The term of the initially elected judge
begins January 1, 2007.
(e) This SECTION expires January 2, 2007.