This act also allows a county municipal court judge to appoint an acting county municipal court judge to take his or her place whenever the county municipal court judge is temporarily ill or otherwise unavailable. The acting judge must already serve as a municipal court judge within the same judicial circuit, but is not required to be licensed to practice law or be a resident of the county in which they serve, and may be a judge or prosecutor for any other court.

This section is similar to a provision of HCS#2/HBs 1692, 1209, 1405, 1499, 1535 & 1811 (2010) and HB 1278 (2010).

EMILY KALMER