Idaho § 1-2203B - DISTRICT MAGISTRATES COMMISSION - VACANCIES - TEMPORARY VACANCIES - TEMPORARY MEMBERS
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§ 1-2203B. DISTRICT MAGISTRATES COMMISSION - VACANCIES - TEMPORARY VACANCIES - TEMPORARY MEMBERS
(1) A vacancy on the commission shall be caused by a voting member dying, resigning, moving his residence outside the district, moving his residence to another county, and, in the case of a mayor, magistrate judge, district judge, county clerk, or county commissioner member, losing his status as such official for any reason; provided, however, that except in the case of death or resignation of a member, the member who is not otherwise disqualified by law from continuing to serve shall continue to serve until a successor is duly appointed and qualified.
(2) In the case of an attorney member, a vacancy on the commission shall also be caused by being suspended or disbarred from the practice of law.
(3) Appointments to fill all vacancies, including temporary vacancies, shall be made by the initial appointing authority for the unexpired term or for the period of any temporary vacancy.
(4) A temporary vacancy on the commission shall be caused by an attorney member currently practicing law in the same firm as an applicant seeking a magistrate judge’s position in the commission’s judicial district or by an attorney member or a magistrate judge member having been engaged in the practice of law as a partner of such applicant within the last five (5) years.
(5) A temporary vacancy on the commission for the county clerk member shall occur if the magistrate judge position being filled or the removal process of a magistrate judge is in the county clerk’s county.
(6) Temporary attorney members may be nominated in such number as the bar association in each district deems appropriate at any time by the respective district bar association and appointed by the Idaho state bar to fill any temporary attorney member vacancy on the district magistrates commission.
(7) It shall be the duty of any member who has become disqualified for any reason promptly to report that fact in writing to the chairman and secretary of the commission. It shall be the duty of the chairman or secretary promptly to report in writing to the appropriate appointing authority the existence of any vacancy on the commission.
[1-2203B, added 2021, ch. 85, sec. 3, p. 287.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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