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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1825 By: Merrick
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to courts; amending 20 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 122, which relates to speci al judges;
67	67	limiting duration of certain appointmen ts;
68	68	authorizing appointment in different judicial
69	69	district; and providing an effective date.
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 122, is
77	77	amended to read as follows:
78	78	Section 122. The number of special judges that may be appointed
79	79	in each judicial administrative district shall be determined as
80	80	follows:
81	81	1. A special judge shall b e appointed on the basis of one
82	82	special judge for each county within the administ rative district
83	83	with a population of at least twenty -four thousand (24,000), as
84	84	determined by the 1960 Federal Decennial Census. An additional
85	85	special judge shall be appointe d for each additional fifty tho usand
86	86	(50,000) in population in a county within th e administrative
87	87	district, as determined by the 1960 Federal Dece nnial Census. Such
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139	139	appointment may be made from any county in the administrative
140	140	district. Such appointments shall be made by the district judges in
141	141	their respective judicial administrative districts. Any judge of a
142	142	special sessions court shall be one o f the special judges for the
143	143	balance of his term and shall be within the number prescribed for
144	144	said district.
145	145	2. In addition to the special judges that may be appointed
146	146	pursuant to the provi sions of paragraph 1 of this section, there
147	147	shall be:
148	148	a. one (1) special judge appointed in the Northwest -
149	149	Panhandle Judicial Administrative District comprised
150	150	of District Court Judicial Districts Numbers On e (1),
151	151	Two (2) and Four (4), to serve in Custer Co unty;,
152	152	b. one (1) special judge appointed in the Oklahoma -
153	153	Canadian Counties Judicial Administrative District
154	154	comprised of District Court Judicial District Number
155	155	Seven (7);,
156	156	c. three (3) special judges appointed in the Tulsa-Pawnee
157	157	Counties Judicial Admini strative District comprised of
158	158	District Court Judicial District Num ber Fourteen
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160	160	d. beginning January 11, 1999, one (1) special judge
161	161	appointed in the Northeastern Judicial Administrative
162	162	District comprised of District Court Judicial
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214	214	Districts Numbers Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12)
215	215	and Thirteen (13), to serve in Rogers County;,
216	216	e. one (1) special judge appointed in the North Central
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218	218	Court Judicial District Numbers Eight (8), Nine (9)
219	219	and Twenty-three (23), to serve in Lincoln and
220	220	Pottawatomie Counties ;,
221	221	f. beginning January 1, 2006, one (1) special judge
222	222	appointed in the East Central Judicial Administrative
223	223	District comprised of District Court J udicial District
224	224	Numbers Fifteen (15), Eighteen (1 8) and Twenty-four
225	225	(24), to serve in Pittsburg and McIntosh Counties ;,
226	226	g. beginning January 1, 2006, one (1) special judge
227	227	appointed in the Northeastern Judicial Administrative
228	228	District comprised of Distric t Court Judicial District
229	229	Numbers Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12) and
230	230	Thirteen (13), to serve in Washington County ;, and
231	231	h. beginning January 1, 2007, one (1) special judge
232	232	appointed in the Southeastern Judicial Administrative
233	233	District comprised of Dist rict Court Judicial District
234	234	Numbers Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Nineteen (19),
235	235	and Twenty-five (25), to serve in LeFlo re County.
236	236	3. If a vacancy occurs in the office of associate district
237	237	judge, or if an associate district judg e becomes unable to perfo rm
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289	289	the duties of his office, as determined by the presiding judge of
290	290	the judicial administrative district, a special judg e may be
291	291	appointed within the judicial administrative district to hold office
292	292	for the duration of said vacancy or incapacity. After th e vacancy
293	293	is filled, or after the associate distri ct judge becomes able to
294	294	perform the duties of his office, the special judge shall have the
295	295	power to act in regard to any case which he has already tried, but
296	296	the presiding judge of the judicial administrat ive district may
297	297	transfer such a case to any other judge in the judicial
298	298	administrative district.
299	299	4. The Chief Justice o f the Supreme Court may authorize the
300	300	appointment of such additional special judges as may be necessary
301	301	for the proper administration o f justice. Such additional special
302	302	judges shall be appointed after application by a majority of the
303	303	district judges of a judicial administrative district, stating the
304	304	reason why an additional special judge is needed. Such additio nal
305	305	judges need not be ba sed upon population figures.
306	306	5. An appointment of a special judge may not exceed two (2)
307	307	years. After a two-year appointment, a special judge may be
308	308	reappointed by another district judge or in another judicial
309	309	district.
310	310	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective Novembe r 1, 2022.
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