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[CITE: 28USC154]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                      CHAPTER 6--BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
 
Sec. 154. Division of businesses; chief judge

    (a) Each bankruptcy court for a district having more than one 
bankruptcy judge shall by majority vote promulgate rules for the 
division of business among the bankruptcy judges to the extent that the 
division of business is not otherwise provided for by the rules of the 
district court.
    (b) In each district court having more than one bankruptcy judge the 
district court shall designate one judge to serve as chief judge of such 
bankruptcy court. Whenever a majority of the judges of such district 
court cannot agree upon the designation as chief judge, the chief judge 
of such district court shall make such designation. The chief judge of 
the bankruptcy court shall ensure that the rules of the bankruptcy court 
and of the district court are observed and that the business of the 
bankruptcy court is handled effectively and expeditiously.

(Added Pub. L. 98-353, title I, Sec. 104(a), July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 
339.)
