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S1160................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - Amends existing law to increase the number of
district judges in the fourth judicial district by one judge; and to revise
the number of resident chambers accordingly.
02/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16 Rpt prt - to Jud
02/22 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/23 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Coiner
Floor Sponsor - Darrington
Title apvd - to House
03/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Snodgrass, Stevenson,
Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Clark, Smith(24)
Floor Sponsor - Nielsen
Title apvd - to Senate
03/13 To enrol
03/14 Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 104
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1160
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO JUDGES; AMENDING SECTION 1-805, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
3 OF DISTRICT JUDGES IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BY ONE JUDGE AND TO
4 REVISE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT CHAMBERS ACCORDINGLY.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 1-805, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 1-805. FOURTH DISTRICT -- NUMBER OF JUDGES -- RESIDENT CHAMBERS. (1) The
9 fourth judicial district shall consist of the counties of Valley, Boise, Ada
10 and Elmore.
11 (2) The fourth judicial district shall have nine ten (910) district
12 judges.
13 (3) Resident chambers of the district judges of the fourth judicial dis-
14 trict shall be established as follows:
15 (a) Eight Nine (89) resident chambers shall be established in Ada County;
16 (b) One (1) resident chambers shall be established in Ada or Elmore
17 County.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16995
This bill would add a new district judge position in the Fourth
Judicial District with resident chambers in Ada County. No new
district judge positions have been added in the Fourth Judicial
District since 1998. Since that time, the judiciary has been
able to keep pace with the increasing caseload by the use of
senior judges and by having active judges assigned to cases in
districts other than their own when required. However, there has
been a 29 percent increase in population in Ada County since the
last district judge position in that county was created in 1998,
and a corresponding increase in the demands on the court system.
In addition, the Ada County Drug Court and Mental Health Court
began operation since the addition of the last district judge
position in Ada County. These courts have provided a cost-
effective means of furthering rehabilitation, avoiding expensive
incarceration, and protecting the community. They have been able
to operate only because judges have been willing to devote their
time, beyond normal working hours, to preside over these courts.
Dealing with the demands of Ada County's burgeoning population,
and further expanding the capacity of the Drug and Mental Health
Courts, require additional judicial resources.
FISCAL NOTE
The annual salary and benefits for the district judge position
and other costs, including salary and benefits for an additional
court reporter, would total approximately $210,300 in general
funds.
Contact
Name: Senator Denton Darrington
Phone: 332-1317
Name: Representative Jim Clark
Phone: 332-1127
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1160