Florida Senate - 2012                                    SJR 408
       
       
       
       By Senator Simmons
       
       
       
       
       22-00380A-12                                           2012408__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8
    3         of Article V of the State Constitution to increase the
    4         age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve
    5         in a judicial office.
    6  
    7  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         That the following amendment to Section 8 of Article V of
   10  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   11  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   12  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   13  authorized by law for that purpose:
   14                              ARTICLE V                            
   15                              JUDICIARY                            
   16         SECTION 8. Eligibility.—A No person is not shall be
   17  eligible for the office of justice or judge of any court unless
   18  the person is an elector of the state and resides in the
   19  territorial jurisdiction of the court. A No justice or judge may
   20  not shall serve after attaining the age of seventy-five seventy
   21  years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term,
   22  one-half of which has been served. A No person is not eligible
   23  for the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of a
   24  district court of appeal unless the person is, and has been for
   25  the preceding ten years, a member of the bar of Florida. A No
   26  person is not eligible for the office of circuit judge unless
   27  the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a
   28  member of the bar of Florida. Unless otherwise provided by
   29  general law, a no person is not eligible for the office of
   30  county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the
   31  preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
   32  otherwise provided by general law, a person is shall be eligible
   33  for election or appointment to the office of county court judge
   34  in a county having a population of 40,000 or fewer less if the
   35  person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.
   36                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   37                        ARTICLE V, SECTION 8                       
   38         REVISING AGE LIMITS FOR JUDGES AND JUSTICES.—The State
   39  Constitution currently prohibits a justice or judge from serving
   40  in a judicial office after attaining the age of 70 years except
   41  upon temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term, if
   42  one-half of the term has been served. This proposed amendment
   43  increases the age after which a justice or judge may no longer
   44  serve to 75 years of age. However, a justice or judge who has
   45  attained the age of 75 years may continue to serve upon
   46  temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term.