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Judicial Redistricting Proposals

For Discussion by the Judicial Redistricting Commission on April 6, 2016

Proposal 1 – Proposed by Representative Nate McConnell • Create a single-judge 23rd Judicial District by moving Mineral County from the 4th Judicial

District and moving Sanders County and a judge position from the 20th Judicial District. o Lake County would comprise the revised 20th Judicial District with one judge

instead of two. o Missoula County would comprise the revised 4th Judicial District with four judges.

Proposal 2 – Proposed by Senator Kristin Hansen

• Revise four judicial district boundaries. o Move Garfield County to the 10th Judicial District to join Petroleum, Judith Basin,

and Fergus Counties. The 10th Judicial District would remain a single-judge district.

o Move Meagher County from the 14th Judicial District to the 6th Judicial District to join Park and Sweet Grass Counties. The 6th Judicial District would remain a single-judge district.

o Move Treasure and Rosebud Counties to the 14th Judicial District to join Musselshell, Golden Valley, and Wheatland Counties. The 14th Judicial District would remain a single-judge district.

o The 16th Judicial District would be comprised of Custer, Fallon, Powder River, and Carter Counties with one judge instead of two.

• A judge position would be shifted to the 13th Judicial District. Proposal 3 – Proposed by District Court Judge Greg Todd

• Move Broadwater County from the 1st Judicial District to the 14th Judicial District. o Lewis & Clark County would comprise the revised 1st Judicial District with four

judges. o The 14th Judicial District would remain a single-judge district.

Proposal 4 – Proposed by District Court Judge Greg Todd

• Eliminate the 14th Judicial District. o Move Musselshell and Golden Valley Counties to the 10th Judicial District o Move Wheatland and Meagher Counties to the 6th Judicial District o One judge position would be available to shift to another judicial district after

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Proposal 5 – Proposed by Representative Nate McConnell • Combine the 6th and 14th Judicial Districts with Carbon and Stillwater Counties from the

22nd Judicial District to create a two-judge district. o Move Big Horn County from the 22nd Judicial District to the existing two-judge

16th Judicial District. o One judge position would be available to shift to another judicial district after

2018. Proposal 6 – Proposed by Representative Nate McConnell

• Revise four judicial district boundaries. o Move Garfield County from the 16th Judicial District and Chouteau County from

the 12th Judicial District to the 10th Judicial District to join Petroleum, Judith Basin, and Fergus Counties. The 10th Judicial District would remain a single-judge district.

o Move Blaine County from the 17th Judicial District to the 12th Judicial District to join Hill and Liberty Counties. The 12th Judicial District would remain single-judge district.

o Combine Phillips and Valley Counties from the 17th Judicial District with Daniels, Sheridan, and Roosevelt Counties from the 15th Judicial District to form a single-judge district.

• One judge position would be available to shift to another judicial district after 2018.

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