ALASKA - JUDICIAL DISTRICTING - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 16483
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 66 pages
• Corporate Author: Alaska Judicial Council
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEVEN NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS ARE PROPOSED IN THIS REPORT TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE FOUR DISTRICTS IN OPERATION IN JANUARY, 1975.

Abstract

THE REPORT INCLUDES SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED AS BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION IN ALASKA'S NINTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE RECOMMENDATIONS CALL FOR THE CREATION OF SEVEN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, REVISION OF THE JUDICIAL RETENTION ELECTION PROCESS TO PROVIDE REGIONAL VOTING POWER IN DISTRICTS WITHOUT RESIDING JUDGES, AND A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW THE ALASKA SUPREME COURT TO REVISE JUDICIAL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN THE FUTURE, SUBJECT TO VETO BY THE LEGISLATURE.