In magistrate districts where two or more divisions operate as a single court, the chief district judge shall designate the magistrate of one of the divisions as 'presiding magistrate' to perform administrative duties prescribed by the supreme court. History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-37, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 39; 1999, ch. 95, § 1; 2021, ch. 95, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2021 amendment, effective June 18, 2021, transferred duties of the administrative office of the courts to individual judicial districts; and after 'single court, the', changed 'director of the administrative office of the courts' to 'chief district judge', after 'prescribed by', deleted 'regulation of', and after the next occurrence of 'the', changed 'administrative office' to 'supreme court'.The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, purported to amend this section but made no change.
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