1. 1. House Bill 1634 of the 2nd regular session of the 79th general assembly shall become effective on January 2, 1979, except as provided otherwise in this section.
2. 2. The repeal of those portions of section 483.420, RSMo, providing for the election in 1978 of the clerk of the Cape Girardeau court of common pleas and of section 483.495, RSMo, providing for the election in 1978 of a chief clerk of the magistrate court in each county of the state having more than one hundred twenty-five thousand and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants shall be effective ninety days after adjournment of the second regular session of the 79th general assembly, and the names of any persons nominated for such positions at the primary elections in 1978 shall not be placed on the ballots at the general election in 1978. The provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 8 of section 483.083, RSMo, shall become effective December 31, 1978.
3. 3. In the event of the passage of an act at the second regular session of the 79th general assembly which repeals and enacts statutes contained in chapters 472, 473, 474, and 475, RSMo, relating to probate matters, the provisions of House Bill 1634 which repeal or enact certain numbered sections within those chapters shall not be effective to the extent that such other enactment repeals or enacts the same numbered sections; provided, however, that any references to "probate court" in any such other enactment is hereby in any event defined to mean the probate division of the circuit court from and after January 2, 1979.
4. 4. Section 483.617, RSMo, shall become effective ninety days after adjournment of the second regular session of the 79th general assembly.

5. 5. Between the period of ninety days after adjournment of the second regular session of the 79th general assembly and January 2, 1979:

   1. (1) Municipalities may adopt ordinances and take other actions that may be needed so that the provisions for municipal judges contained in chapter 479, RSMo, may become operational on January 2, 1979, should a municipality determine to make provision for a municipal judge or judges.
   2. (2) Municipalities may make provision for and select municipal judges who shall take office on or after January 2, 1979.
   3. (3) Courts may adopt rules which shall become effective on or after January 2, 1979.
6. 6. In the event other legislation is adopted at the second regular session of the 79th general assembly providing for new circuit or associate circuit judgeships in particular circuits or particular counties, such new judgeships provided in other legislation shall be in addition to those judgeships provided in the provisions of chapter 478, RSMo, contained within House Bill 1634.
7. 7. In the event of passage of an act at the second regular session of the 79th general assembly which repeals and enacts statutes contained in chapter 202, RSMo, relating to the care, custody and treatment of mentally ill, mentally disordered, developmentally disabled and mentally retarded persons, the provisions of House Bill 1634 which repeal or enact certain numbered sections within that chapter shall not be effective to the extent that such other enactment repeals or enacts the same numbered sections; provided, however, that any references to "probate court" or "court having probate jurisdiction" in such other enactment are hereby in any event defined to mean the probate division of the circuit court from and after January 2, 1979.
8. 8. In the event of the passage of an act at the second regular session of the 79th general assembly which provides for an increase or decrease in the amount of compensation to be paid to an official whose salary is specified in sections contained within House Bill 1634, the amount of such increased or decreased compensation provided in any such separate enactment shall be effective from and after January 2, 1979, notwithstanding the provisions of House Bill 1634.

9. 9. For the period of January 2, 1979, through June 30, 1979, certain words or terms in certain sections of the form of House Bill No. 1006 as finally enacted during the second regular session of the 79th general assembly shall have the following meanings:

   1. (1) In section 6.050 the terminology "judges of circuit courts and courts of criminal correction" shall mean all circuit judges, ex officio circuit judges as provided in section 481.210, RSMo, commissioners of the probate divisions of the circuit courts which are authorized to be paid by the state by sections 478.266 and 478.267, RSMo, and commissioners of the juvenile divisions of the circuit courts which are authorized to be paid by the state by section 211.023, RSMo, but such terminology shall not include associate circuit judges, ex officio associate circuit judges, or municipal judges.
   2. (2) In section 6.060 the terminology "magistrate judges" shall mean all associate circuit judges and ex officio associate circuit judges as provided in section 481.210, RSMo, but such terminology shall not include circuit judges or municipal judges.
   3. (3) In section 6.060 the terminology "magistrate clerks" shall mean clerks for those associate circuit judgeships which on January 2, 1979, replaced magistrate court judgeships.
   4. (4) In section 6.100 the terminology "Kansas City District" shall mean Western District.
   5. (5) In section 6.110 the terminology "St. Louis District" shall mean Eastern District.
   6. (6) In section 6.120 the terminology "Springfield District" shall mean Southern District.
10. 10. The repeal and reenactment of section 211.393, RSMo, shall be effective on July 1, 1979.
11. 11. The provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection 8 of section 483.083 shall become effective December 31, 1978.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634 § B)