8208 AMS KLIN S2131.2

SJR 8208 - S AMD 094

By Senators Kline and Johnson

                                                   PULLED 03/13/01

    On page 1, after line 7, strike all material through "agreement.))" on line 19, and insert the following:

    "Article IV, section 7.  The judge of any superior court may hold a superior court in any county at the request of the judge of the superior court thereof, and upon the request of the governor it shall be his or her duty to do so.  A case in the superior court may be tried by a judge((,)) pro tempore, who must be either:  (1) A member of the bar, agreed upon in writing by the parties litigant, or their attorneys of record, approved by the court and sworn to try the case; or (2) pursuant to supreme court rule, any active elected judge.  However, if a previously elected judge of the superior court retires leaving a pending case in which the judge has made discretionary rulings, the judge is entitled to hear the pending case as a judge pro tempore without any written agreement."

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