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Committee advances constitutional amendment to expand residency pool for town and city court judges
Summary
The committee voted to pass HJ1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand residency eligibility for town and city court judges to include attorneys in the county or an adjacent county; the measure passed the committee by voice vote and recorded consensus of 130 yes votes.
Representative Aylesworth presented HJ1 to the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee on Wednesday, asking the panel to advance a constitutional amendment that would expand the residency requirement for town and city court judges so attorneys from the county or a neighboring county are eligible to serve.
Aylesworth said the current state constitutional residency rule requires judges to reside in the municipality, a restriction that has created difficulty filling town and…
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