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SS/SCS/SB 144 - This act increases the number of circuit judges in the eleventh judicial circuit (St. Charles County) from four to six beginning on January 1, 2007. The two new circuit judges shall be elected in November 2006 for a full six-year term. Further, the act provides that beginning on January 1, 2007, the current drug court commissioner and family court commissioner positions shall become associate circuit judge positions, but shall retain the duties of the drug court and family court. Such new associate circuit judges shall be elected in November 2006 for a full four-year term. Further, the act authorizes an additional associate circuit judge in Cass County beginning on January 1, 2006. JIM ERTLE
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