In magistrate districts where two or more divisions operate as a single court, the director of the administrative office of the courts shall designate the magistrate of one of the divisions as "presiding magistrate" to perform administrative duties prescribed by regulation of the administrative office.
History: 1953 Comp., § 36-1-37, enacted by Laws 1968, ch. 62, § 39; 1999, ch. 95, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, purported to amend this section but made no change.