2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 46 - NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF JUDGES
46.5 - VACANCIES.

        46.5  VACANCIES.
         When a vacancy occurs in the office of appointive judicial
      nominating commissioner, the chairperson of the particular commission
      shall promptly notify the governor in writing of such fact.
      Vacancies in the office of appointive judicial nominating
      commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the governor,
      consistent with eligibility requirements.  The term of state judicial
      nominating commissioners so appointed shall commence upon their
      appointment pending confirmation by the senate at the then session of
      the general assembly or at its next session if it is not then in
      session.  The term of district judicial nominating commissioners so
      appointed shall commence upon their appointment.
         Except where the term has less than ninety days remaining,
      vacancies in the office of elective member of the state judicial
      nominating commission shall be filled consistent with eligibility
      requirements by a special election within the congressional district
      where the vacancy occurs, such election to be conducted as provided
      in sections 46.9 and 46.10.
         Vacancies in the office of elective judicial nominating
      commissioner of district judicial nominating commissions shall be
      filled consistent with eligibility requirements and by majority vote
      of the authorized number of elective members of the particular
      commission, at a meeting of such members called in the manner
      provided in section 46.13.  The term of judicial nominating
      commissioners so chosen shall commence upon their selection.
         If a vacancy occurs in the office of chairperson of a judicial
      nominating commission, or in the absence of the chairperson, the
      members of the particular commission shall elect a temporary
      chairperson from their own number.
         When a vacancy in an office of an elective judicial nominating
      commissioner occurs, the clerk of the supreme court shall cause to be
      mailed to each member of the bar whose name appears on the certified
      list prepared pursuant to section 46.8 for the district or districts
      affected, a notice stating the existence of the vacancy, the
      requirements for eligibility, and the manner in which the vacancy
      will be filled.  Other items may be included in the same mailing if
      they are on sheets separate from the notice.  The election of a
      district judicial nominating commissioner or the close of nominations
      for a state judicial nominating commissioner shall not occur until
      thirty days after the mailing of the notice.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.5] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10017, 10201; 87 Acts, ch 218, § 5
         Referred to in § 46.9, 602.11111
         Confirmation, see §2.32 

         Footnotes

         For future amendment to this section effective February 10, 2010,
      see 2009 Acts, ch 179, §164, 171