§ Iowa Code § 46.3Appointment of district judicial nominating commissioners

46.3 Appointment of district judicial nominating commissioners.
1. The governor shall appoint five eligible electors of each judicial election district to the
district judicial nominating commission.
2. The appointments made by the governor shall be to staggered terms of six years
each and shall be made in the month of January for terms commencing February 1 of
even-numbered years.
3. Beginning with terms commencing February 1, 2012, there shall not be more than one
appointed commissioner from a county within a judicial election district unless each county
within the judicial election district has an appointed or elected commissioner or the number of
appointed commissioners exceeds the number of counties within the judicial election district.
This subsection shall not be used to remove an appointed commissioner from office prior to
the expiration of the commissioner’s term.