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Show Curcuit court change due A new state wide Circuit Court system is scheduled to go into effect on July 1 of this year to replace the City Court system. The new state wide court of limited jurisdiction was authorized by the 1977 Legislature and is now in the process of implementation. Cedar City's Court system will be eliminated by the move, but the Circuit Court will replace the system and be housed in offices provided by Cedar City. Ronnow to preside According to plans of implementation im-plementation Cedar City Judge , Christian Ronnow, will automatically become one of the two circuit Judges for the Ninth Circuit which includes the counties of Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington. Judge Ronnow, under the plan, will maintain resident chambers in facilities provided by Cedar City and currently occupied by Judge Ronnow in his capacity as Cedar City Court Judge. A new feature of the legislation provides a means for the State to lease from Cedar City the courtroom and chambers used by the Circuit Court. The State will be responsible for the judge's salary, benefits, and travel. Cedar City, under the plan, will no longer have any responsibility for these items. Support Efforts However, supportive personnel will be the responsibility of Cedar City Corporation. The City Clerk's office will continue to be responsible for clerical support to the Circuit Court as with the City Court including the initial collection of all court generated revenues. Appeals on municipal violations will be handled differently under the new system, it has been indicated. Under the new Circuit Court system appeals from the Circuit Court to the District Court for such violations. Appeals will be on the record only and not a completely new trial, as is the case with the City Courts. Increased jurisdiction Jurisdictional limits are extensively ex-tensively increased through the implementation of the Circuit Court system. The Circuit Court will have criminal jurisdiction over all adults charged with misdemeanors and civil jurisdiction in cases where the sum claimed is less than $5,000. The Court will also have concurrent jurisdiction with County Justice of the Peace Courts for adults charged with county ordinance violations and all Justice Courts in the county for class B and class C misdemeanors and infractions, in-fractions, and civil cases where the sum claimed is less than $750. With the implementation of the Circuit Court system July 1 a municipal department will automatically be created to handle all cases for violation of municipal ordinances. or-dinances. Since the court will be hearing cases in behalf of a number of political subdivisions, state, county and city-disbursement of collected fines, fees and forfeitures. Implementation of the new law is expected to be completed and in force by July 1 of this year throughout the state. |