46.4 - ELECTION OF DISTRICT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONERS.

        46.4  ELECTION OF DISTRICT JUDICIAL NOMINATING
      COMMISSIONERS.
         The resident members of the bar of each judicial election district
      shall elect five eligible electors of the district to the district
      judicial nominating commission.  Commissioners shall be elected to
      staggered terms of six years each.  The elections shall be held in
      the month of January for terms commencing February 1 of even-numbered
      years.
         For terms commencing February 1, 1988, and every six years
      thereafter, one elected commissioner in each district shall be a
      woman and one shall be a man.  For terms commencing February 1, 1990,
      and every six years thereafter, one elected commissioner in each
      district shall be a woman and one shall be a man.  For the term
      commencing February 1, 1992, in the odd-numbered districts the
      elected commissioner shall be a woman and in the even-numbered
      districts the elected commissioner shall be a man.  For the terms
      commencing every six years thereafter, the districts shall alternate
      between women and men elected commissioners.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.4] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         87 Acts, ch 218, § 4