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REFERENCE TITLE: appellate judges; judicial performance reviews |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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SB 1482 |
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Introduced by Senator Gould
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AN ACT
amending section 12-120.07, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the court of appeals.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 12-120.07, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
12-120.07. Opinions; publication
A. The chief judge shall assign three of the judges to each department, and such assignment may be changed by him from time to time. Each of the departments shall have the power to hear and determine causes and all questions arising therein. The presence of three judges shall be necessary to transact any business in either of the departments; except such as may be done in chambers and except as may be otherwise permitted by law. The opinions of a division or of a department of the court of appeals shall be in writing, the grounds stated, and shall be concurred in by a majority of a department if heard by a department or of the division if heard by the division. An opinion of a division or a department of a division shall be the opinion of the court of appeals.
B. The opinions of the court of appeals shall be published and distributed in the same manner as provided for the publication and distribution of opinions of the supreme court.
C. Not later than sixty days preceding the regular primary election for the retention of an appellate court judge, the commission on judicial performance review shall prepare and publish on its website a list of the decisions of that appellate court judge including the decision's official citation and an electronic copy of the entire text of the decision.