Florida Senate - 2013 SJR 570
By Senator Bradley
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1 Senate Joint Resolution
2 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8
3 of Article V and the creation of a new section to
4 Article XII of the State Constitution to increase the
5 age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve
6 in a judicial office, to provide for the amendment to
7 apply to justices and judges appointed on or after a
8 specified date, and to provide an effective date.
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10 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 That the following amendment to Section 8 of Article V and
13 the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State
14 Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the
15 electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
16 general election or at an earlier special election specifically
17 authorized by law for that purpose:
18 ARTICLE V
19 JUDICIARY
20 SECTION 8. Eligibility.—A No person is not shall be
21 eligible for the office of justice or judge of any court unless
22 the person is an elector of the state and resides in the
23 territorial jurisdiction of the court. A No justice or judge may
24 not shall serve after attaining the age of seventy-five seventy
25 years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term,
26 one-half of which has been served. A No person is not eligible
27 for the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of a
28 district court of appeal unless the person is, and has been for
29 the preceding ten years, a member of the bar of Florida. A No
30 person is not eligible for the office of circuit judge unless
31 the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a
32 member of the bar of Florida. Unless otherwise provided by
33 general law, a no person is not eligible for the office of
34 county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the
35 preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
36 otherwise provided by general law, a person is shall be eligible
37 for election or appointment to the office of county court judge
38 in a county having a population of 40,000 or fewer less if the
39 person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.
40 ARTICLE XII
41 SCHEDULE
42 Eligibility of justices and judges.—The amendment to
43 Section 8 of Article V changing the age after which a justice or
44 judge is no longer eligible for the office of justice or judge
45 of any court except upon temporary assignment or to complete a
46 term and this section shall take effect January 1, 2014, and
47 apply to justices and judges elected or appointed on or after
48 that date.
49 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
50 placed on the ballot:
51 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
52 ARTICLE V, SECTION 8
53 REVISING AGE LIMITS FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES.—The State
54 Constitution currently prohibits a justice or judge from serving
55 in a judicial office after attaining the age of 70 years except
56 upon temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term if one
57 half of the term has been served. This proposed amendment
58 increases the age after which a justice or judge may no longer
59 serve to 75 years of age. However, a justice or judge who has
60 attained the age of 75 years may continue to serve upon
61 temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term. The
62 proposed amendment takes effect January 1, 2014, and applies to
63 justices or judges elected or appointed on or after that date.