Hiring moratorium

1. Commencing one year prior to each category of employees becoming state employees as a result of 1983 Iowa Acts, ch. 186, new employees shall not be hired and vacancies shall not be filled, except as provided in subsection 2, with respect to any of the following agencies or positions: a. Offices of the clerks of the district court. b. District court administrators. c. Juvenile probation offices. d. Court reporters. e. Any other position of employment that is supervised by a district court judicial officer or by a person referred to or employed in an office referred to in paragraph “a”, “b”, “c”, or “d”. 2. A new employee position or vacancy that is subject to subsection 1 may be filled upon approval by the chief judge of the judicial district. The employer seeking to fill the new position or vacancy shall submit a request to the chief judge in the form prescribed by the supreme court, and shall be governed by the decision of the chief judge. The chief judge shall obtain the advice of the district judges of the judicial district respecting decisions to be made under this subsection.