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Section VII-A-2: Creation of Court on the Judiciary - Trial and Appellate
Divisions - Jurisdiction - Membership.
(a) There is created a Court on the Judiciary, hereinafter
referred to as the Court, divided into a Trial Division and an
Appellate Division. The Court is vested, subject to the
provisions of this Article, with sole and exclusive jurisdiction
to hear and determine causes arising thereunder.
(b) The Trial Division shall be composed of nine (9) members,
eight (8) of whom shall be the district judges senior in service,
but under sixty (60) years of age, with no two (2) from the same
Supreme Court Judicial District (in case of equal seniority, the
eldest in years to serve), and one (1) active member of the
Oklahoma Bar Association, chosen by its Executive Council or
other body exercising similar powers.
(c) The Appellate Division shall be composed of two (2)
members of the Supreme Court, chosen by that court; one (1)
member of the Court of Criminal Appeals, chosen by that court;
one (1) active member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, chosen by
its Executive Council or other body exercising similar powers;
and five (5) district judges, senior in service but under
sixty-five (65) years of age; except that no more than one (1)
district judge from any Supreme Court Judicial District shall
serve. In the event of equal seniority, the eldest in years
shall serve. If any district judge is qualified for both
divisions, he shall serve on the Appellate Division and the next
in qualification shall serve on the Trial Division.
(d) Within thirty (30) days after the adoption of this
amendment, and thereafter prior to the first day in February of
each odd-numbered year, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
the Presiding Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the
President of the Bar Association shall certify to the Secretary
of State the names of the judges who are chosen, respectively, by
the said courts and by the Oklahoma Bar Association. The
Secretary of State shall determine the district judges who hold
membership on the Trial Division and the Appellate Division.
Promptly thereafter he shall notify the members of the respective
divisions to meet at the State Capitol on a day certain, within
thirty (30) days, for purposes of organization and of making or
amending rules of procedure.
(e) Members of the courts so designated shall serve until
March First of the odd-numbered year next after the year in which
they are named. The attainment of the age limit specified shall
not terminate their service during the term.
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