46.1 Appointment of state judicial nominating commissioners.
1. The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate, nine eligible electors to the state judicial nominating commission.
2. The appointments made by the governor shall be staggered terms of six years each and shall begin and end in even-numbered years as provided in section 69.19. The terms of no more than three nor less than two of the commissioners shall expire within the same two-year period.
3. No more than a simple majority of the commissioners appointed by the governor shall be of the same gender.
4. All commissioners shall be chosen without reference to political affiliation.
5. There shall be at least one commissioner appointed by the governor from each congressional district and there shall not be more than two commissioners appointed by the governor from a single congressional district unless each congressional district has at least two commissioners appointed by the governor.
6. A commissioner who has served a full six-year term on the state judicial nominating commission, whether the commissioner was appointed or elected, shall be ineligible to be appointed to a second six-year term.
7. No person may be appointed who holds an office of profit of the United States or of the state at the time of appointment.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.1]
87 Acts, ch 218, §1; 2019 Acts, ch 89, §46, 60
Referred to in §46.2A
Confirmation, see §2.32
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 46 - NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF JUDGES
Section 46.1 - Appointment of state judicial nominating commissioners.
Section 46.2 - Election of state judicial nominating commissioners.
Section 46.3 - Appointment of district judicial nominating commissioners.
Section 46.4 - Election of district judicial nominating commissioners.
Section 46.5A - Judicial nominating commission expenses.
Section 46.7 - Eligibility to vote.
Section 46.8 - Certified list.
Section 46.9 - Conduct of elections.
Section 46.9A - Notice preceding nomination of elective nominating commissioners.
Section 46.10 - Nomination of elective judicial nominating commissioners.
Section 46.11 - Certification of commissioners.
Section 46.12 - Notification of vacancy and resignation.
Section 46.13 - Notice of meetings and application process.
Section 46.14A - Court of appeals — nominees.
Section 46.15 - Appointments to be from nominees.
Section 46.15A - Severability and judicial review.
Section 46.16 - Terms of judges.
Section 46.17 - Time of judicial election.
Section 46.18 - Eligibility of voters.
Section 46.19 - Election registers.
Section 46.20 - Declaration of candidacy.
Section 46.21 - Conduct of elections.
Section 46.23 - General election and absent voter laws.