ORIGINAL SENATE                                          

FILE   NO.  0040

 

ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,  SENATE

 

FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING

2001 GENERAL SESSION

 

 

 

 

AN ACT relating to retention election of circuit judges;
clarifying the electorate for retention election of circuit
judges; revising which magistrates are subject to a
retention vote; and providing for an effective date.

 

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

 

Section 1.  W.S. 22-2-105(a)(ii) is amended to read:

 

22-2-105.  Terms of office and offices voted on at
general elections.

 

(a)  The terms of office and offices voted on at
general elections are as follows:

 

(ii)  Four Year Term. -At the general election
in 1974 and in every fourth (4th) year thereafter, there
shall be elected the following officers: one (1) governor,
one (1) secretary of state, one (1) state treasurer, one
(1) state auditor, one (1) superintendent of public
instruction, county clerks, county treasurers, county
assessors, county coroners, county and prosecuting
attorneys, district attorneys, sheriffs, clerks of the
district court and justices of the peace. In those counties
that have established a circuit court, the question of
retention of a circuit court judge or a magistrate of the
circuit court for the unexpired balance of or a new four
(4) year term shall be submitted to the electorate of the
circuit for a circuit court judge and to the electorate of
the county for a magistrate, as necessary. At every general
election there shall be elected the necessary member or
members of the Wyoming senate and county commissioners.; In
those counties that have established a circuit court, the
question of retention of a circuit court judge or a
magistrate of the circuit court shall be submitted:

 

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(A)  For a circuit court judge, to the
electorate of all counties within the circuit except for
any county which is not a part of the circuit court system;

 

(B)  For a magistrate required by law to
stand for retention, to the electorate of the county
wherein the magistrate serves.

 

Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

 

(END)

 

 

 

 

                                     

Speaker of the House                  President of the Senate

 

                                              

                 Governor                     

                                              

                 TIME APPROVED: _________     

                 DATE APPROVED: _________     

 

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

 

 

Chief Clerk

 

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