ID S1104

Removes the District Magistrates Commission's power to determine the number and location of magistrate judges, transferring this authority to the Supreme Court for counties with less than 0.4% of state population

Authorizes the Supreme Court to reassign resident magistrates from sparsely populated counties to other counties within the judicial district based on population and caseloads, with consent of the magistrate being reassigned

Requires the Supreme Court to submit a report to the legislature by October 1 following each decennial census evaluating whether reassignment provisions serve justice administration effectively or if a different population threshold should apply

Allows the Supreme Court to request legislative approval and appropriations for additional magistrate positions beyond those currently authorized

Permits magistrates appointed after the bill's effective date to be removed without cause within 18 months by majority vote of the district magistrates commission