Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 22LSO-0100
Bill No.:
SF0057
Effective:
7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
LSO No.:
22LSO-0100
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0009
Chapter No.:
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Prime Sponsor:
Joint Appropriations Committee
Catch Title:
Chancery court vacancy amendments.
Subject:
Filing Chancery court vacancies.
Summary/Major Elements:
In 2019, the Legislature passed Senate File 104 (2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws,
ch.
200) creating the Wyoming chancery court.
Under existing law, the Wyoming Supreme Court may fill vacancies on the Wyoming chancery court by appointing retired supreme court justices, retired district court judges or members of a panel of up to five (5) active district court judges to sit as chancery court judges until the positions are appointed by the Governor after the judicial nominating commission nominates three (3) candidates.
This act authorizes the Wyoming Supreme Court to assign special master and magistrates to fill vacancies of chancery court judges.
The act also extends the deadline permitting the Wyoming Supreme Court to appoint the specified individuals to temporarily sit as chancery court judges from March 1, 2023, to January 1, 2024.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.
While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
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22LSO-0100
ORIGINAL Senate
File No
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SF0057
ENROLLED ACT NO. 9,
SENATE
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to courts; amending requirements for filling chancery court vacancies; amending persons qualified for temporary assignment of chancery court duties; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 5
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109(a)(ii), by creating new paragraphs (iv) and (v) and (b) is amended to read:
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109.
Temporary assignment to fill vacancies; appointments to fill vacancies in office.
(a)
Prior to the appointment of a chancery court judge under subsection (b) of this section or in the event a chancery court judge appointed under W.S. 5
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107 dies, becomes unable or unwilling to perform the duties of his office, the supreme court may temporarily assign the duties of chancery court judge to be performed by a person who meets the qualifications set forth in W.S. 5
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108. Any assignment shall be made to:
(ii)
A retired district court judge;
or
(iv)
A special master; or
(v)
A magistrate.
(b)
Beginning
March 1, 2023
January 1, 2024
, the office of judge of the chancery court and any vacancies therein shall be filled as provided by W.S. 5
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107.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
Chief Clerk
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