Notwithstanding section 602.6201, 602.6301, 602.6304, 602.7103B, or 633.20B, ifa vacancy occurs in the office of a district judge, district associate judge, associate juvenile judge, or associate probate judge, and the chief justice of the supreme court makes a finding that a substantial disparity exists in the allocation ofsuch judgeships and judicial workload between judicial election districts, the chief justice may apportion the vacant office from the judicial election districtwhere the vacancy occurs to another judicial election district based upon the substantial disparity finding. However, such a judgeship shall not be apportioned pursuant to thissection unless amajority of the judicial council approves the apportionment. This section does not apply to a district associate judge office authorized by section 602.6302 or 602.6307.
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