Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __. Section 14-1-215 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 391 of 1996, is further amended to read:
"Section 14-1-215.
(A) A retired judge or justice
from the Supreme Court, court of appeals, or circuit court of
this State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court to preside over any official proceeding in any circuit
court of this State. A retired judge or justice from the Supreme
Court or court of appeals of this State may be assigned by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to act as an associate
justice or judge in any proceeding before the Supreme Court or
court of appeals. A retired judge from the family court of this
State may be assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
to preside over any official proceeding in any family court of
this State.
(B) In order to
be eligible to be appointed by the Chief Justice to serve, any
retired justice or judge of this State must have been reviewed
in the manner provided in Section 2-19-10 et seq. and found by
the commission to be qualified to serve in these situations
within two years of the date of his appointment to serve, except
that if a justice or judge retired before the expiration of his
then current term, no further review of that justice or judge is
required until that term would have expired.
(C) In
addition to judicial screening requirements for retired judges
and justices pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 19, Title 2,
a retired judge or justice appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court to preside over a proceeding before a circuit or
family court or to act as an associate justice in a proceeding
before the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals also must be
confirmed every two years by the General Assembly meeting in
joint session. The Judicial Merit Selection Commission shall
set the schedule for these confirmations to coincide with the
commission's findings that a retired judge or justice is
qualified to continue to serve in this capacity." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.