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       By Commissioner Schifino
       
       schifinow-00064A-17                                     201741__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 8 of Article V and to create a new section in
    3         Article XII 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 Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    8  Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution is amended
   11  to read:
   12                              ARTICLE V                            
   13                              JUDICIARY                            
   14         SECTION 8. Eligibility.—No person shall be eligible for
   15  office of justice or judge of any court unless the person is an
   16  elector of the state and resides in the territorial jurisdiction
   17  of the court. No justice or judge shall serve after attaining
   18  the age of seventy-five seventy years except upon temporary
   19  assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been
   20  served. No person is eligible for the office of justice of the
   21  supreme court or judge of a district court of appeal unless the
   22  person is, and has been for the preceding ten years, a member of
   23  the bar of Florida. No person is eligible for the office of
   24  circuit judge unless the person is, and has been for the
   25  preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
   26  otherwise provided by general law, no person is eligible for the
   27  office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been
   28  for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida.
   29  Unless otherwise provided by general law, a person shall be
   30  eligible for election or appointment to the office of county
   31  court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if
   32  the person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.
   33  
   34         A new section is added to Article XII to the State
   35  Constitution to read:
   36                             ARTICLE XII                           
   37                              SCHEDULE                             
   38         Eligibility of justices and judges.—The amendment to
   39  Section 8 of Article V, which increases the age at which a
   40  justice or judge is no longer eligible to serve in judicial
   41  office except upon temporary assignment, shall take effect July
   42  1, 2019.