CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 47 Ì896148IÎ896148 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 01/19/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Executive (Diaz) recommended the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposing clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution is amended 6 to read: 7 ARTICLE V 8 JUDICIARY 9 SECTION 8. Eligibility.— 10 No person shall be eligible for office of justice or judge 11 of any court unless the person is an elector of the state and 12 resides in the territorial jurisdiction of the court. No justice 13 or judge shall serve after attaining the age of seventy years 14 except upon temporary assignment or to complete a term, one-half 15 of which has been served. No person is eligible for the office 16 of justice of the supreme court or judge of a district court of 17 appeal unless the person is, and has been for the preceding ten 18 years, a member of the bar of Florida. No person is eligible for 19 the office of circuit judge unless the person is, and has been 20 for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. No 21 person is eligible for the office of circuit judge unless the 22 person is, and has been for the preceding ten years, a member of 23 a bar of one of the states or territories of the United States 24 of America. NoUnless otherwise provided by general law,no25 person is eligible for the office of county court judge unless 26 the person is, and has been for the preceding five years, a 27 member of the bar of Florida. No person is eligible for the 28 office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been 29 for the preceding ten years, a member of a bar of one of the 30 states or territories of the United States of America. 31 Notwithstanding the foregoing, unlessUnlessotherwise provided 32 by general law, a person shall be eligible for election or 33 appointment to the office of county court judge in a county 34 having a population of 40,000 or less if the person is a member 35 in good standing of the bar of Florida. 36 37 A new section is added to Article XII of the State 38 Constitution to read: 39 ARTICLE XII 40 SCHEDULE 41 Qualifications of circuit judges and county court judges.— 42 The amendment to Section 8 of Article V, which revises the 43 qualifications for a person to be eligible for the office of 44 circuit judge and county court judge, shall only apply 45 prospectively from January 8, 2019. The amendment may not be 46 construed to affect a person who has assumed the office of 47 circuit judge or county court judge on or before January 8, 48 2019, or any person who has been nominated for a vacancy in the 49 office of circuit judge or county court judge by a judicial 50 nominating commission, but has not yet assumed office, as of 51 January 8, 2019. 52 53 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 54 And the title is amended as follows: 55 Delete everything before the proposing clause 56 and insert: 57 A proposal to amend 58 Section 8 of Article V and to create a new section in 59 Article XII of the State Constitution to require a 60 person to have at least ten years membership in a bar 61 in the United States of America, the preceding five of 62 which must be in The Florida Bar, in order to be 63 eligible to serve in the office of circuit or county 64 judge.