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Section/Rule:

82.01

Subject:

Rule 82 - Rules of Civil Procedure - Rules Relating to All Appellate Courts - Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Judges of This Court and the Court of Appeals - Designation of Court of Appeals and Districts Thereof - Duties and Other Matters Relating to the State Courts Administrator and Other Court Personnel

Publication / Adopted Date:

June 1, 1971

Topic:

Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Presiding Judges - Supreme Court

Revised / Effective Date:

July 1, 2013


82.01 Terms and Duties of Chief Justice and Presiding Judges - Supreme Court

(a) Judges of this Court shall elect from their number a chief justice to preside over the Court en banc who shall serve for a term of two years and shall be the administrative officer of the Court.

(b) A presiding judge of each division of this Court shall be elected by the judges thereof, shall serve a term of two years, and shall be the administrative officer of the division.

(Adopted June 1, 1971, eff. Jan. 1, 1972. Amended Dec. 27, 2012, eff. July 1, 2013.)