Tabled

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1490

BY: Committee

AMEND on line 157 by deleting "four (4)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     "three (3)"

AMEND FURTHER on line 171 by deleting "three (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     "four (4)"

AMEND FURTHER after line 334 by inserting the following:

     "[Until January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]

     9-7-46.  (1)  There shall be four (4) circuit judges for the Seventeenth Circuit Court District.

     (2)  For the purpose of appointment and election, the four (4) judgeships shall be separate and distinct, and one (1) judge shall be elected from Subdistrict 17-1, two (2) judges shall be elected from Subdistrict 17-2, and one (1) judge shall be elected from every county in the district.  The two (2) judgeships in Subdistrict 17-2 shall be denominated as "Place One" and "Place Two," the judgeship in Subdistrict 17-1 shall be denominated as "Place Three," and the at-large judgeship shall be denominated as "Place Four."

     [From and after January 1, 2023, this section shall read as follows:]"