602.6113 Apportionment of certain judicial officers — substantial disparity. Notwithstanding section 602.6201, 602.6301, 602.6304, 602.7103B, or 633.20B, if a vacancy occurs in the office of a district judge, district associate judge, associate juvenile judge, orassociate probate judge, and the chief justice of the supreme court makes a finding that asubstantial disparity exists in the allocation of such judgeships and judicial workload betweenjudicial election districts, the chief justice may apportion the vacant office from the judicialelection district where the vacancy occurs to another judicial election district based upon thesubstantial disparity finding. However, such a judgeship shall not be apportioned pursuant tothis section unless a majority of the judicial council approves the apportionment. This sectiondoes not apply to a district associate judge office authorized by section 602.6302 or 602.6307. 2011 Acts, ch 78, §3 Sat Dec 23 11:16:05 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.6113 (22, 0)
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