Last Action | 04/02/18: signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 57) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to judicial districts and circuits. |
Bill Documents |
Current/Final
Introduced |
Bill Request Number | 1390 |
Sponsors | J. Hoover, J. Nemes, J. Fischer, DJ Johnson, A. Koenig, T. Turner |
Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload; amend KRS 23A.040 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to two judges and two divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.045 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to three judges and three divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.050 to reallocate judicial circuits entitled to four judges and four divisions of the Circuit Court; amend KRS 23A.055 to increase circuit judges in the Sixteenth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to realign the boundaries of the judicial districts; amend KRS 24A.050 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to two District Judges and two numbered divisions of District Court; amend KRS 24A.060 to reallocate judicial districts entitled to three District Judges and three numbered divisions of District Court; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Courts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Circuit - Reallocation of resources Courts, District - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Courts, Family - Reallocation of resources Effective Dates, Delayed - Judicial circuits and districts, judgships, boundaries, January 1, 2019 Judicial Circuits - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources Judicial Districts - Redistricting, boundary realignment and reallocation of resources |
Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
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02/09/18 |
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03/27/18 |
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04/02/18 |
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Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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Summary | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 21A to authorize the Supreme Court to require the Administrative Office of the Courts to perform an analysis to determine the need to rearrange the judicial circuits and districts or reallocate the number of judges relative to population or caseload every eight years; amend KRS 23A.040 and 23A.045 to add a circuit court judge to the Fifty-fifth Circuit; amend KRS 23A.045 and 23A.050 to add a circuit judge to the Twenty-eighth Circuit and the Fifty-fourth Circuit; amend KRS 24A.050 to reduce the number of district judges in the Fifty-fifth District; amend KRS 23A.040 and 23A.045 to remove a circuit judge from the Thirty-first Circuit; amend KRS 24A.030 to combine the Fifty-ninth district into the the First District; specify election schedule for new judgeships; request that the additional circuit court judgeships be designated as family court judgeships and establish election dates; request that the division removed from the Fifty-fifth District should be Division One; Sections 6 to 8 EFFECTIVE January 2, 2023. |
Index Headings |
Courts - Reallocation of resources, Circuit and District judgeships Courts, Circuit - Fifty-fifth Circuit, family court judge, addition of Courts, Circuit - Fifty-fourth Circuit, family court judge, addition of Courts, Circuit - Number of judges, increase Courts, Circuit - Thirty-first Circuit, reduction in judges Courts, District - Fifty-fifth District, reduction in judges Courts, Family - Number of judges, increase Effective Dates, Delayed - thirty-first Circuit, reduction in judges, January 2023 Effective Dates, Delayed - Combine fifty-ninth with First Judicial District, January 2023 Judicial Circuits - Number of judges, increase Judicial Circuits - Twenty-eighth Circuit, family court judge, addition of Judicial Districts - Combine Fifty-ninth with First District Judicial Districts - Fifty-fifth District, reduction in judges |
Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 |
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Sponsor | W. Westerfield |
Summary | Amend to require the Supreme Court to certify necessity if a weighted caseload analysis indicates a need to make any changes. |
Index Headings |
Courts - Certification of necessity, when analysis indicates a need, require Court, Supreme - Certification of necessity, when analysis indicates a need, require |
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