23.0951.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2278
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Myrdal, Larson
Representatives Christensen, Karls, Klemin
1 A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding municipal courts and
2 judges.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - MUNICIPAL COURTS.
5 1. During the 2023-24 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying the
6 laws and procedures relating to courts established under chapter 40-18. The study
7 must include an examination of the:
8 a. Number and geographic location of existing municipal courts;
9 b. Access to municipal court ordinances;
10 c. Jurisdiction of the municipal courts;
11 d. Municipal court judge qualifications and training;
12 e. Transfer of cases to district court;
13 f. Appeal of cases to district court;
14 g. Supreme court general oversight of municipal courts;
15 h. Applicability of judicial administrative rules to municipal courts;
16 i. Requirements for recording proceedings in municipal court; and
17 j. Requirements to report information to the supreme court on the establishment or
18 abolition of a court, the election, appointment and removal of municipal court
19 judges and clerks, and annual caseload data and annual financial information on
20 the imposition, collection, and disposition of fines and fees.
21 2. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together
22 with any legislation necessary to implement the recommendations, to the sixty-ninth
23 legislative assembly.
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