Title: Revising Age Limits for Judges and Justices

Summary: Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to increase the age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve in a judicial office, to provide for the amendment to apply to justices and judges appointed on or after a specified date, and to provide an effective date, etc.

Full Text:
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section of Article Vand the creation of a new section to Article XII of the State Constitution to increase the age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve in a judicial office, to provide for the amendment to apply to justices and judges appointed on or after a specified date, and to provide an effective date. Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the following amendment to Section of Article Vand the creation of a new section in Article XII of the State Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next general election or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that purpose: ARTICLE VJUDICIARY SECTION 8. Eligibility.  A No person is not shall be eligible for the office of justice or judge of any court unless the person is an elector of the state and resides in the territorial jurisdiction of the court. A No justice or judge may not shall serve after attaining the age of seventy-five seventy years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been served. A No person is not eligible for the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of a district court of appeal unless the person is, and has been for the preceding ten years, a member of the bar of Florida. A No person is not eligible for the office of circuit judge unless the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless otherwise provided by general law, a no person is not eligible for the office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless otherwise provided by general law, a person is shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of county court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or fewer less if the person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida. ARTICLE XII SCHEDULE Eligibility of justices and judges. The amendment to Section of Article Vchanging the age after which a justice or judge is no longer eligible for the office of justice or judge of any court except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term and this section shall take effect January 1, 2013, and appl yto justices and judges elected or appointed on or after that date.CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE V, SECTION REVISING AGE LIMITS FOR JUSTICES AND JUDGES. The State Constitution currently prohibits a justice or judge from serving in a judicial office after attaining the age of years except upon temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term if one half of the term has been served. This proposed amendment increases the age after which a justice or judge may no longer serve to years of age. However, a justice or judge who has attained the age of years may continue to serve upon temporary assignment or to complete a judicial term. The proposed amendment takes effect January 1, 2013, and applies to justices or judges elected or appointed on or after that date.