46.12 - NOTIFICATION OF VACANCY AND RESIGNATION.
46.12 NOTIFICATION OF VACANCY AND RESIGNATION.
When a vacancy occurs or will occur within one hundred twenty days
in the supreme court, the court of appeals, or district court, the
state commissioner of elections shall forthwith so notify the
chairperson of the proper judicial nominating commission. The
chairperson shall call a meeting of the commission within ten days
after such notice; if the chairperson fails to do so, the chief
justice shall call such meeting.
When a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or district
court resigns, the judge shall submit a copy of the resignation to
the state commissioner of elections at the time the judge submits the
resignation to the governor; and when a judge of the supreme court,
court of appeals, or district court dies, the clerk of district court
of the county of the judge's residence shall in writing forthwith
notify the state commissioner of elections of such fact. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.12] Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 18, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 151, §1, 64
Referred to in § 602.8102(4) Footnotes
Option to delay for up to 180 days, for budgetary reasons, sending
notification of vacancy in the supreme court, court of appeals, or
district court to the proper judicial nominating commission for the
period beginning March 16, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010; 2009 Acts,
ch 170, §54, 55; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §172, 173