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Committee backs adding district judge for Kootenai County
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1028 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony that Kootenai County's courts are overburdened and judges from other districts are regularly brought in to cover the caseload.
Senate Bill 1028, which would add a district judge position chambered in Kootenai County, was sent to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation after the House Judiciary and Rules and Administration Committee heard testimony that the county's courts are overburdened.
Jason Spillman, legal counsel for the Administrative Office of the Courts, told the committee that the First Judicial District (which includes Kootenai County) has grown rapidly and has a high filings-per-judge rate. “Kootenai is the third fastest growing county in the…
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