Iowa SSB1201 amends magistrate judge residency requirements, workload-based apportionment, and appointment procedures.
Iowa SSB1201 modifies residency requirements for magistrate judges, requiring them to reside in the judicial election district or a contiguous county. It also changes the criteria for appointing magistrates, including workload-based apportionment and the ability for magistrates to serve multiple counties. The bill mandates the supreme court to create a new formula for apportioning magistrates based on estimated case-related workload and to establish the application process for becoming a magistrate.
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