S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Section 18B.11 of S.L. 2017-57 provides that:

• The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall designate all commissioned emergency judges as either active or inactive.
• Only active emergency judges shall be assigned to hold court.
• The active list of emergency superior and special superior court judges shall be limited to a combined total of 10, but an emergency judge who is assigned to hear and decide complex business cases shall not be counted in this combined total.
• The active list of emergency district court judges shall be limited to 25 emergency judges.
• Emergency judges may be assigned to hold court only in the event of a sitting judge's death, disability, retirement, removal, or recall to active military duty, or in the event of a court case-management emergency.

This section became effective on June 28, 2017.