Bill Text: CT HJ00053 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Joint Resolution 53 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Resolution Proposing An Amendment To The State Constitution To Permit A Probate Court Judge To Complete His Or Her Term Of Office Upon Attaining Seventy Years Of Age.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [HJ00053 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HJ00053-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 53*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 3177
		03177
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOYDICK, 120^th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT A PROBATE COURT JUDGE TO COMPLETE HIS OR HER TERM OF OFFICE UPON ATTAINING SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That article eighth of the amendments to the Constitution of the state be amended to permit a Probate Court judge to finish the term for which he or she was most recently elected when such judge attains seventy years of age prior to completion of the term.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a Probate Court judge who attains seventy years of age to complete the term for which he or she was most recently elected.