Introduced
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To revise the places where a district court of the first class may sit so as to allow it to sit in a city with a greater population within 10 miles of the county seat. Current law requires such a city to be contiguous with the county seat.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which updates various 1960s-era requirements on where a court must sit.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To revise the requirements on where a district court of the first class may sit so as to update various 1960s-era population formulas. At that time the office of justice of the peace was eliminated, and to compensate laws were passed requiring courts to sit in certain rural areas according to population formulas which are now obsolete, or which do not make sense given the relative ease of modern transportation between cities.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To revise the requirements on where a district court of the first class may sit so as to update various 1960s-era population formulas. At that time the office of justice of the peace was eliminated, and to compensate laws were passed requiring courts to sit in certain rural areas according to population formulas which are now obsolete, or which do not make sense given the relative ease of modern transportation between cities.
