8208 AMS KLIN S2305.3

SJR 8208 - S AMD 133

By Senator Kline and Johnson

    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) any sitting elected judge pursuant to supreme court rule providing for a right, exercisable once during a case, to a change of judge pro tempore.  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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