00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 207(RLS)                                                                    
01 "An Act moving election district 24 as described in the Constitution of the State of                                    
02 Alaska at statehood from the Second Judicial District to the Fourth Judicial District and                               
03 adding the Nabesna area to the Third Judicial District and removing it from the Fourth                                  
04 Judicial District."                                                                                                     
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 22.10.010 is amended to read:                                                                     
07            Sec. 22.10.010.  Establishment of superior court.  There shall be one                                      
08       superior court for the state.  The court shall consist of four districts bounded as                               
09       follows:                                                                                                          
10            First District: the area within election districts numbered one to six, both                                 
11       inclusive, as those districts are described in art. XIV of the state constitution on                              
12       March 19, 1959;                                                                                                   
13            Second District: the area within election districts numbered 21 to 23 [24], both                         
14       inclusive, and those areas of election districts 18 and 20 within the boundaries of the                           
01       North Slope Borough, as those districts are described in art. XIV of the state                                    
02       constitution on March 19, 1959;                                                                                   
03            Third District: the area within election districts numbered seven to 15, both                                
04       inclusive, as those districts are described in art. XIV of the state constitution on                              
05       March 19, 1959, and the portion of election district 19, as that district is described                        
06       in art. XIV of the state constitution on March 19, 1959, that is in the Glennallen                            
07       Venue District on March 1, 2002, described as follows:  Beginning at a point on                               
08       the divide between the watersheds of the Tanana River and the Copper River                                    
09       south of the headwaters of Totschunda Creek; thence southwesterly in a straight                               
10       line first crossing the Nabesna River to Mt. Allen; thence meandering on the                                  
11       divide mountain peak to mountain peak to a point north of Regal Mountain on                                   
12       the divide separating the Nabesna Glacier from the Chisana Glacier; thence                                    
13       westerly and northwesterly along the divide between the watersheds of the                                     
14       Tanana River and Copper River as it meanders from mountain peak to mountain                                   
15       peak back to a point on the divide south of the headwaters of the Totschunda                                  
16       Creek, the place of the beginning; and                                                                        
17            Fourth District: the area within election districts numbered 16, 17, and 24 [19],                    
18       [AND] the areas of election districts numbered 18 and 20 not included in the second                               
19       district, and the area of election district numbered 19 not included in the third                             
20       district, as those districts are described in art. XIV of the state constitution on                           
21       March 19, 1959.                                                                                                   
22    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
23 read:                                                                                                                   
24       TRANSITION.  (a)  A district court judge, magistrate, clerk, or other employee of the                             
25 Second Judicial District located within election district 24 on the day before the effective date                       
26 of this Act shall, on the effective date of this Act, be a judge, magistrate, clerk, or employee of                     
27 the Fourth Judicial District.                                                                                           
28       (b)  A district court judge, magistrate, clerk, or other employee of the Fourth Judicial                          
29 District located within the portion of election district 19 on the day before the effective date of                     
30 this Act added to the Third Judicial District in sec. 1 of this Act shall, on the effective date of                     
31 this Act, be a judge, magistrate, clerk, or employee of the Third Judicial District.