23A.052 Judicial circuits with five Circuit Judges and five numbered divisions. The following judicial circuits are entitled to five (5) judges and shall have five (5) numbered divisions of the Circuit Court: (1) Eighth Judicial Circuit. (2) Twenty -fifth Judicial Circuit. Effective: January 2, 2023 History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 5, effective January 2, 2023. Legislative Research Commission Note (1/2/2023). Under 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, secs. 10 and 11, the terms of new judgeships created in this statute begin January 2, 2023, and elections to fill the judgeships must be placed on the ballot for the regular election held in November 2022. All candidates for those judgeships who file a valid petition for nomination are to be placed on the ba llot for that election.
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