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PUBLIC LAW 93.198-DEC. 24, 1973
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the District, or has been employed as a lawyer by the r[nited States or the District of Columbia government; (3) is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained an actual place of abode in the District for at least ninety days immediately prior to his nomination, and shall retain such residency as long as he serves as such judge, except judges appointed prior to the effective date of this part who retain residency as required by section 1501(a) of title 11 of the District 84 Stat. 491. of Columbia Code shall not be required to be residents of the District to be eligible for reappointment or to serve any term to which reappointed; (4) is recommended to the President, for such nomination and appointment, by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission; and (5) has not served, within a period of two years prior to his nomination, as a member of the Tenure Commission or of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission. Declaration of (c) Not less than three months prior to the expiration of his term of r^'ointmen?' '^" office, any judge of the District of Columbia courts may file with the appo n men. Xeuurc Commission a declaration of candidacy for reappointment. If a declaration is not so filed by any judge, a vacancy shall result from the expiration of his term of office and shall be filled by appointment as Written perform- provided ill subsections (a) and (b). If a declaration is so filed, the submuuno^pTe's- Teuure Commission shall, not less than thirty days prior to the ident. expiration of the declaring candidate's term of office, prepare and submit to the President a written evaluation of the declaring candidate's performance during his present term of office and his fitness for reappointment to another term. If the Tenure Commission determines the declaring candidate to be exceptionally well qualified or well qualified for reappointment to another term, then the term of such declaring candidate shall be automatically extended for another full term, subject to mandatory retirement, suspension, or removal. If the Tenure Commission determines the declaring candidate to be qualified for reappointment to another term, then the Pi-esident may nominate such candidate, in which case the President shall submit to the Senate for advice and consent the renomination of the declaring candidate as judge. If the President determines not to so nominate such declaring candidate, he shall nominate another candidate for such position only in accordance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b). If the Tenure Commission determines the declaring candidate to be nn<T[ualified for reappointment to another term, then the President shall not submit to the Senate for advice and consent the renomination of the declaring candidate as judge and such judge shall not be eligible for reappointment or appohitment as a judge of a District of Columbia court. DISTIUCT OF C O L U M l i l A J U D I C I A L N O M I N A T I O N
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.J^i-'C;- ^^^- (a) Tlierc is established for the District of Columbia the District of Cohunbia Judicial Nomination Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Commission"). The Commission shall consist of seven members selected in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b). Such members shall serve for terms of six years, except that the member selected in accordance with subsection (b) (4)(A) shall serve for five years; of the members first selected in accordance with subsection (b)(4)(B), one member shall serve for three years and one member shall serve for six years; of the members first selected in accordance with subsection (b)(4)(C), one member shall sei-\e for a term of three years and one member shall serve for
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