Bill No.: HB0055                  Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:  09LSO-0165              Effective Date:  2/17/2009

Enrolled Act No.:  HEA0004

Chapter No.:       4

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Judicial vacancies.

Subject:  Authorizes the Wyoming Supreme Court to determine where circuit court judges shall reside.

Summary/Major Elements:

· Under current law, circuit court judges do not have to live within the circuit wherein they hold court

· This bill would allow the Wyoming Supreme Court to determine where within a circuit the circuit court judges should live, using caseload studies to make that determination.