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AMENDMENT NO 5 PROPOSED TO

 

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2001

 

BY: Senator(s) Simmons (12th)

 

AMEND by deleting the language on lines 558-560 and inserting the following language in lieu thereof:

     SECTION 6.  Candidates for the chancellorships created by this act shall run for those offices in the general election to be conducted in November 2026.  Candidates shall file as is provided in Section 23-15-977 except that they shall file their intent to be a candidate with the proper officials and pay the proper assessment by not later than 5:00 p. m. on August 2, 2026, and shall run for office and be elected as provided in Sections 23-15-974 through 23-15-985, which constitute the Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act.  The judges elected shall serve a term to begin July 1, 2027, and the terms of those offices shall thereafter be as provided for chancellors generally.

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.