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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3086
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MA YHEW .
6853H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 478.705, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
associate circuit judges in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 478.705, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 478.705, to read as follows:
478.705. 1. There shall be three circuit judges in the twenty-sixth judicial circuit
2 consisting of the counties of Camden, Laclede, Miller , Moniteau and Mor gan. These judges
3 shall sit in divisions numbered one, two, and three.
4 2. The circuit judge in division two shall be elected in 1980. The circuit judge in
5 division one shall be elected in 1982. The governor shall appoint a judge for division three
6 and notwithstanding the provisions of section 105.030, that judge shall serve until January 1,
7 2021. A judge for division three shall be elected in 2020.
8 3. Ther e shall be one additional associate cir cuit judge in Miller County . This
9 associate circui t judge shall not be included in the statutory formula for authorizing
10 additional associate cir cuit judges per county as pr ovided under section 478.320. The
11 governor shall appoint such judge, and that judge shall serve until January 1, 2029. An
12 associate circui t judge shall be elected in 2028.
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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.