§ Iowa Code § 46.1Appointment of state judicial nominating commissioners

46.1 Appointment of state judicial nominating commissioners.
1. The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate, nine eligible electors
to the state judicial nominating commission.
2. The appointments made by the governor shall be staggered terms of six years each and
shall begin and end in even-numbered years as provided in section 69.19. The terms of no
more than three nor less than two of the commissioners shall expire within the same two-year
period.
3. All commissioners shall be chosen without reference to political affiliation.
4. There shall be at least one commissioner appointed by the governor from each
congressional district and there shall not be more than two commissioners appointed by the
governor from a single congressional district unless each congressional district has at least
two commissioners appointed by the governor.
5. A commissioner who has served a full six-year term on the state judicial nominating
commission, whether the commissioner was appointed or elected, shall be ineligible to be
appointed to a second six-year term.
6. No person may be appointed who holds an office of profit of the United States or of the
state at the time of appointment.
Confirmation, see §2.32