00                             SENATE BILL NO. 246                                                                         
01 "An Act increasing the number of superior court judges designated for the third judicial                                
02 district; and providing for an effective date."                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 22.10.120 is amended to read:                                                                      
05            Sec. 22.10.120. Number of judges. The superior court consists of 41 [40]                               
06       judges, five of whom shall be judges in the first judicial district, three of whom shall                          
07       be judges in the second judicial district, 25 [24] of whom shall be judges in the third                       
08       judicial district, and eight of whom shall be judges in the fourth judicial district. At the                      
09       time of submitting the names of nominees to the governor to fill a vacancy on the                                 
10       superior court bench, the judicial council shall also designate the district in which the                         
11       appointee is to reside and serve.                                                                                 
12    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2010.