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CSHB 207(RLS): "An Act moving election district 24 as described in the Constitution of the State of Alaska at statehood from the Second Judicial District to the Fourth Judicial District and adding the Nabesna area to the Third Judicial District and removing it from the Fourth Judicial District."

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.