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HB0019 • 2011

Assignment of retired circuit court judges.

AN ACT relating to circuit court judges; providing that retired circuit court judges may be assigned to hear cases as specified; providing for compensation of retired circuit court judges as specified; specifying that an assignment of a retired circuit court judge shall not affect his retirement benefits during the assignment; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Judiciary
Last action
2011-02-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2011

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0019HS001

Standing Committee • H01

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by H01

  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.
  • The official amendment text was available, but an easy plain-English summary could not be produced automatically during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2011-02-15 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2011-02-15 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0002

  3. 2011-02-11 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0002

  4. 2011-02-11 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0002

  5. 2011-02-10 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0002

  6. 2011-02-10 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2011-02-09 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2011-02-08 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2011-02-02 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2011-02-02 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2011-01-31 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  12. 2011-01-21 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2011-01-18 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2011-01-17 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2011-01-14 House

    H Passed CoW

  16. 2011-01-14 House

    Amendment Adopted

  17. 2011-01-14 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  18. 2011-01-13 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2011-01-13 House

    H01 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  20. 2011-01-11 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  21. 2011-01-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  22. 2010-11-29 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0019
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
11LSO-0207
Effective Date:

7/1/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0002

Chapter No.:
11

Prime Sponsor:
Joint
Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:
Assignment
of retired circuit court judges.

Subject:
Assignment of
cases to retired circuit court judges.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act allows retired circuit
court judges to be assigned circuit court cases.

The retired circuit court judge
must not be practicing law at the time and the assignment will not affect the
judge's retirement.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0019

ENROLLED ACT NO. 2, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
circuit court judges; providing that retired circuit court judges may be assigned to hear cases as specified;
providing
for compensation of retired circuit court judges as specified; specifying that an assignment of a retired circuit court judge shall not affect his retirement benefits during the assignment;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 5
‑
9
‑
119 by creating a new subsection (d) is amended to read:

5
‑
9
‑
119.

Judges may hold court for each other; expenses of judge holding court in another circuit or district; disqualification of judge; change of venue prohibited
; assignment of retired judges
.

(d)

Any retired circuit court judge of this state who is not practicing law may, with his consent and the consent of the chief justice, at the request of a circuit court judge
be assigned to hear a case in a circuit court as otherwise
authorized
by law.
During any period of assignment, a
retired circuit court judge shall receive as compensation an amount equal to the current compensation of a judge of the court to which he is assigned. The compensation received by a retired circuit court judge during any period of assignment shall not affect the
receipt
of any retirement allowance of the retired circuit court judge during the period of assignment. Assignments of retired circuit court judges under this section shall only be made in a manner that does not jeopardize the qualified status
of
state retirement plans established by the
Wyoming
legislature. When called to serve, a retired circuit court judge shall receive the same
per diem and travel allowance as allowed active circuit court judges. Per diem
allowances
and compensation shall be paid from the contingent fund of the court to which the retired judge is assigned.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2011.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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