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.





Kersey




    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.