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Section
118
Vacancies.
(1) A
vacancy in the office of a justice of the Supreme Court, or of a judge of the Court of
Appeals, circuit or district court which under Section 152 of this Constitution is to be
filled by appointment by the Governor shall be filled by the Governor from a list of three
names presented to him by the appropriate judicial nominating commission. If the Governor
fails to make an appointment from the list within sixty days from the date it is presented
to him, the appointment shall be made from the same list by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court.
(2)
There shall be one judicial nominating commission for the Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals, one for each judicial circuit, and one for each judicial district, except that a
circuit and district having the same boundary shall have but one judicial nominating
commission. Each commission shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be the chief
justice of the Supreme Court, who shall be chairman. Two members of each commission shall
be members of the bar, who shall be elected by their fellow members. The other four
members shall be appointed by the Governor from among persons not members of the bar, and
these four shall include at least two members of each of the two political parties of the
Commonwealth having the largest number of voters. Members of a judicial circuit or
judicial district nominating commission must be residents of the circuit or district,
respectively, and the lawyer members of the commission shall be elected by the members of
the bar residing in the circuit or district, respectively. The terms of office of members
of judicial nominating commissions shall be fixed by the General Assembly. No person shall
be elected or appointed a member of a judicial nominating commission who holds any other
public office or any office in a political party or organization.
Text as
Ratified on: November 4, 1975, effective January 1, 1976.
History:
Repeal and reenactment proposed by 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 1; original version ratified
August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
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