Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SJR 408
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Simmons moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the resolving clause
    4  and insert:
    5         That the following amendment to Section 8 of Article V and
    6  the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State
    7  Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the
    8  electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
    9  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   10  authorized by law for that purpose:
   11                              ARTICLE V                            
   12                              JUDICIARY                            
   13         SECTION 8. Eligibility.—A No person is not shall be
   14  eligible for the office of justice or judge of any court unless
   15  the person is an elector of the state and resides in the
   16  territorial jurisdiction of the court. A No justice or judge may
   17  not shall serve after attaining the age of seventy-five seventy
   18  years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term,
   19  one-half of which has been served. A No person is not eligible
   20  for the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of a
   21  district court of appeal unless the person is, and has been for
   22  the preceding ten years, a member of the bar of Florida. A No
   23  person is not eligible for the office of circuit judge unless
   24  the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a
   25  member of the bar of Florida. Unless otherwise provided by
   26  general law, a no person is not eligible for the office of
   27  county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the
   28  preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
   29  otherwise provided by general law, a person is shall be eligible
   30  for election or appointment to the office of county court judge
   31  in a county having a population of 40,000 or fewer less if the
   32  person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.
   33                             ARTICLE XII                           
   34                              SCHEDULE                             
   35         Eligibility of justices and judges.—The amendment to
   36  Section 8 of Article V changing the age after which a justice or
   37  judge is no longer eligible for the office of justice or judge
   38  of any court except upon temporary assignment or to complete a
   39  term and this section shall take effect January 1, 2013, and
   40  apply to justices and judges elected or appointed on or after
   41  that date.
   42                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   43                        ARTICLE V, SECTION 8                       
   44         REVISING AGE LIMITS FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES.—The State
   45  Constitution currently prohibits a justice or judge from serving
   46  in a judicial office after attaining the age of 70 years except
   47  upon temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term if one
   48  half of the term has been served. This proposed amendment
   49  increases the age after which a justice or judge may no longer
   50  serve to 75 years of age. However, a justice or judge who has
   51  attained the age of 75 years may continue to serve upon
   52  temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term. The
   53  proposed amendment takes effect January 1, 2013, and applies to
   54  justices or judges elected or appointed on or after that date.
   55  
   56  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   57  And the title is amended as follows:
   58  
   59         Delete everything before the resolving clause
   60  and insert:
   61                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
   62         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8
   63         of Article V and the creation of a new section to
   64         Article XII of the State Constitution to increase the
   65         age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve
   66         in a judicial office, to provide for the amendment to
   67         apply to justices and judges appointed on or after a
   68         specified date, and to provide an effective date.