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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3229
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE HARDWICK.
7078H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 478.700, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial circuit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 478.700, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 478.700, to read as follows:
478.700. 1. There shall be [ two ] thr ee circuit judges in the twenty-fifth judicial
2 circuit [ consisting of the counties of Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and T exas ]. These judges shall
3 sit in divisions numbered one [ and ] , two , and thr ee .
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 cir cuit judge appointed by the governor in 2025
6 for division thr ee shall serve until January 1, 2029. A circu it judge for division thr ee
7 shall be elected in 2028 for a four -year term and in 2032 for a full six-year term, and
8 every six years ther eafter .
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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.