Pre-filed December 1, 1999, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 478.690, RSMo 1994, relating to the number of associate circuit judges, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject, with an emergency clause.
Section A. Section 478.690, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 478.690, to read as follows:
478.690. 1. There shall be two circuit judges in the twenty-fourth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of Madison, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington. These judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two.
2. [The circuit judges in divisions one and two shall be elected in 1982.] Effective January 1, 2001, there shall be one associate circuit judge in St. Francois County in addition to the associate judges provided for by section 478.320, who shall be elected in the state general election held in 2000, pursuant to section 115.121, RSMo.
Section B. Because immediate action is necessary to promote justice, section A of this act is deemed necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within
the meaning of the constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.
Missouri House of
Representatives