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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2427
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE KEA THLEY .
4184H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 478.600, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
judges in the eleventh judicial circuit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 478.600, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 478.600, to read as follows:
478.600. 1. There shall be four circuit judges in the eleventh judicial circuit. These
2 judges shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, three and four . Beginning on January 1,
3 2007, there shall be six circuit judges in the eleventh judicial circuit and these judges shall sit
4 in divisions numbered one, two, three, four , five, and seven. The division five associate
5 circuit judge position and the division seven associate circuit judge position shall become
6 circuit judge positions beginning January 1, 2007, and shall be numbered as divisions five and
7 seven. Beginning January 1, 2029, ther e shall be seven cir cuit judges in the eleventh
8 judicial circu it and these judges shall sit in divisions number ed one, two, thr ee, four ,
9 five, seven, and seventeen.
10 2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in
11 division four shall be elected in 1982. The circuit judge in division one shall be elected in
12 1984. The circuit judge in division three shall be elected in 1992. The circuit judges in
13 divisions five and seven shall be elected for a six-year term in 2006. The cir cuit judge in
14 division seventeen shall be elected in 2028 for a two-year term and ther eafter in 2030 for
15 a six-year term.
16 3. Beginning January 1, 2007, the family court commissioner positions in the
17 eleventh judicial circuit appointed under section 487.020 shall become associate circuit judge
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 positions in all respects and shall be designated as divisions nine and ten respectively . These
19 positions may retain the duties and responsibilities with regard to the family court. The
20 associate circuit judges in divisions nine and ten shall be elected in 2006 for full four -year
21 terms.
22 4. Beginning on January 1, 2007, the treatment court commissioner position in the
23 eleventh judicial circuit appointed under section 478.003 shall become an associate circuit
24 judge position in all respects. Such associate circuit judge shall be elected in 2006 for a full
25 four -year term. This associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula
26 for authorizing additional associate circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320.
27 5. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge
28 position in the eleventh judicial circuit. The associate circuit judge shall be elected in 2016.
29 This associate circuit judgeship shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing
30 additional circuit judgeships per county under section 478.320. Beginning in fiscal year
31 2019, there shall be one additional associate circuit judge position in the eleventh judicial
32 circuit. The associate circuit judge shall be elected in 2020. This associate circuit judgeship
33 shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing additional circuit judgeships per
34 county under section 478.320. Beginning fiscal year 2027, ther e shall be two additional
35 associate circui t judge positions in the eleventh judicial circ uit. The associate cir cuit
36 judges shall be elected in 2028. These associate circu it judgeships shall not be included
37 in the statutory formula for authorizing additional circu it judgeships per county under
38 section 478.320.
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