SB 960 – Adds a circuit judge to the thirty-ninth judicial circuit

• Sponsor: Goodman
• LR Number: 4326S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/22/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S122
• Effective Date: August 28, 2008

Current Bill Summary

SB 960 - This act provides that beginning January 1, 2009, there shall be one additional circuit judge position within the thirty-ninth judicial circuit. The circuit judges in this circuit shall sit in divisions numbered one and two. The circuit judge in this circuit on December 31, 2008 shall sit in division one, and the governor shall appoint a judge for division two, who shall serve until his or her successor is elected in 2010.

ALEXA PEARSON