2012 Idaho Statutes
Title 1 - COURTS AND COURT OFFICIALS
Chapter 22 - MAGISTRATE DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Section 1-2203 - DISTRICT MAGISTRATES COMMISSION -- MEMBERS.
(2) Forthwith after making any appointments to such commissions the respective appointing authorities shall duly certify in writing to the administrative director of the courts and to the secretary of state the following facts with respect to each appointee:
(3) No member, other than the persons appointed while serving as mayor, county commissioner, magistrate judge or district judge shall hold any city, county or state elective office or be employed by the state or any city or county while a member of the commission.
(4) The two (2) attorney members shall serve for a term of two (2) years and may succeed themselves for two (2) additional terms. The qualified elector members shall serve terms of six (6) years each and may succeed themselves. The mayors shall serve terms of six (6) years and may succeed themselves, provided that their terms will end when they cease to hold the office which entitles them to membership on the commission. The magistrate judge shall serve a two (2) year term which may be renewed up to a total of six (6) years. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be made by the initial appointing authority for the unexpired term.
(5) A vacancy on the commission shall be caused by a voting member dying, resigning, moving his or her residence outside the district, moving his or her residence to another county and, in the case of a mayor, magistrate judge, district judge or county commissioner member, losing his or her status as such official for any reason; provided, however, that except in the case of death or resignation of a member, the member shall continue to serve until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. A vacancy on the commission shall be caused by an attorney member dying, resigning, moving his or her residence to without the district or being suspended or disbarred from the practice of law. A temporary vacancy on the commission shall be caused by an attorney member currently practicing law in the same firm as an applicant seeking a magistrate judge's position in the commission's judicial district, or by an attorney member or a magistrate judge member having been engaged in the practice of law as a partner of such applicant within the last five (5) years. It shall be the duty of any member who has become disqualified for any reason promptly to report that fact in writing to the chairman and secretary of the commission. It shall be the duty of the chairman or secretary promptly to report in writing to the appropriate appointing authority, the existence of any vacancy on the commission.
History:
[1-2203, added 1969, ch. 104, sec. 3, p. 353; am. 1972, ch. 359, sec. 1, p. 1064; am. 1974, ch. 26, sec. 4, p. 804; am. 1977, ch. 233, sec. 1, p. 692; am. 1991, ch. 114, sec. 1, p. 242; am. 1994, ch. 396, sec. 1, p. 1254; am. 1996, ch. 163, sec. 1, p. 542; am. 2008, ch. 38, sec. 1, p. 90.]
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