Kentucky Statutes 24A.090 v2 – Thirtieth Judicial District. (Effective January 1, 2031)
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The Thirtieth Judicial District is entitled to sixteen (16) District Judges and shall have sixteen (16) numbered divisions of the District Court.
Effective: January 1, 2031
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 9, effective January 1, 2031. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 12, effective June 24, 2003. — Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 8.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2031). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, secs. 13 and
14, as amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 14, read as follows:
“Section 13. (1) The General Assembly requests that the District Court divisions eliminated in the Fourth, Fifteenth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Fortieth, Forty- first, and Fifty-first Judicial Districts, and the District Court division eliminated in the newly constituted Thirty-eighth Judicial District and in the newly constituted Forty-second Judicial District be eliminated effective January 1, 2031, except under the circumstances described in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) . . . (b) Should a vacancy occur on or after January 2, 2023, in the Thirtieth Judicial District, the numbered division in which the vacancy occurs shall be eliminated immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy and, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the vacancy shall not be filled by appointment or otherwise, and the division eliminated shall not appear on the ballot for the November 2026 regular election or the November 2030 regular election. If more than one vacancy occurs on or after January 2, 2023, in the Thirtieth Judicial District, only the initial vacancy shall result in the elimination of a division and shall not be filled. Any additional vacancy shall be filled in accordance with KRS § 118A.100.
Section 14. Unless a District Court division has been eliminated by the occurrence of a vacancy in accordance with Section 13 of this Act, the General Assembly requests that . . . when the 17 District Court divisions are reduced to 16
District Court divisions in Section 9 of this Act [this statute], the division eliminated shall be the highest-numbered division. The divisions that are eliminated shall not appear on the ballot for the November 2030 regular election.”
Effective: January 1, 2031
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 24A.090 v2
- Regular election: means the election in even-numbered years at which members of Congress are elected and the election in odd-numbered years at which state officers are elected. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, sec. 9, effective January 1, 2031. — Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 12, effective June 24, 2003. — Created 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 28, sec. 8.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2031). 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 129, secs. 13 and
14, as amended by 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 230, sec. 14, read as follows:
“Section 13. (1) The General Assembly requests that the District Court divisions eliminated in the Fourth, Fifteenth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Fortieth, Forty- first, and Fifty-first Judicial Districts, and the District Court division eliminated in the newly constituted Thirty-eighth Judicial District and in the newly constituted Forty-second Judicial District be eliminated effective January 1, 2031, except under the circumstances described in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) . . . (b) Should a vacancy occur on or after January 2, 2023, in the Thirtieth Judicial District, the numbered division in which the vacancy occurs shall be eliminated immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy and, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the vacancy shall not be filled by appointment or otherwise, and the division eliminated shall not appear on the ballot for the November 2026 regular election or the November 2030 regular election. If more than one vacancy occurs on or after January 2, 2023, in the Thirtieth Judicial District, only the initial vacancy shall result in the elimination of a division and shall not be filled. Any additional vacancy shall be filled in accordance with KRS § 118A.100.
Section 14. Unless a District Court division has been eliminated by the occurrence of a vacancy in accordance with Section 13 of this Act, the General Assembly requests that . . . when the 17 District Court divisions are reduced to 16
District Court divisions in Section 9 of this Act [this statute], the division eliminated shall be the highest-numbered division. The divisions that are eliminated shall not appear on the ballot for the November 2030 regular election.”