602.11110 Judgeships for election districts 5A and 5C. As soon as practicable after January 1, 1985, the supreme court administrator shall recompute the number of judgeships to which judicial election districts 5A and 5C areentitled. Notwithstanding section 602.6201, subsection 2, the seventeen incumbent districtjudges in judicial election district 5A on December 31, 1984, may reside in either judicialelection district 5A or 5C beginning January 1, 1985. The supreme court administrator shallapportion to judicial election district 5C those incumbent district judges who were appointedto replace district judges residing in Polk county or who were appointed to fill newly createdjudgeships while residing in Polk county. The incumbent district judges residing in Polkcounty on January 1, 1985, who are not so apportioned to judicial election district 5C shallbe apportioned to judicial election district 5A but shall be reapportioned to judicial electiondistrict 5C, in the order of their seniority as district judges, as soon as the first vacanciesoccur in judicial election district 5C due to death, resignation, retirement, removal, orfailure of retention. ct 5C, in the order of their seniority as district judges, as soon as the first vacanciesoccur in judicial election district 5C due to death, resignation, retirement, removal, orfailure of retention. Such a reapportionment constitutes a vacancy in judicial election district 5A for purposes of section 602.6201. Notwithstanding section 602.6201, subsection2, the seventeen incumbent district judges in judicial election district 5A on December 31,1984, shall stand for retention in the judicial election district to which the district judgesare apportioned or reapportioned under this section. Commencing on January 1, 1985,vacancies within judicial election districts 5A and 5C shall be determined and filled undersection 602.6201, subsections 4 through 8. For purposes of the recomputations, the supremecourt administrator shall determine the average case filings for the latest available three-yearperiod by reallocating the actual case filings during the three-year period to judicial electiondistricts 5A and 5C as if they existed throughout the three-year period. 83 Acts, ch 186, §10201, 10310; 85 Acts, ch 197, §35 Sat Dec 23 11:17:26 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.11110 (19, 0)
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