Bill Text: FL H0047 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Judicial Qualifications
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0047 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0047-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Judicial Qualifications
Spectrum:
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H0047 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0047-Introduced.html
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2 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 8 of |
3 | Article V of the State Constitution to increase the period |
4 | of time that a person must be a member of The Florida Bar |
5 | before becoming eligible for the office of circuit court |
6 | or county court judge. |
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8 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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10 | That the following amendment to Section 8 of Article V of |
11 | the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to |
12 | the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next |
13 | general election or at an earlier special election specifically |
14 | authorized by law for that purpose: |
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17 | SECTION 8. Eligibility.-No person shall be eligible for |
18 | office of justice or judge of any court unless the person is an |
19 | elector of the state and resides in the territorial jurisdiction |
20 | of the court. No justice or judge shall serve after attaining |
21 | the age of seventy years except upon temporary assignment or to |
22 | complete a term, one-half of which has been served. No person is |
23 | eligible for the office of justice of the supreme court, |
24 | judge of a district court of appeal, circuit court judge, or |
25 | county court judge unless the person is, and has been for the |
26 | preceding ten years, a member of the bar of Florida. |
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37 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be |
38 | placed on the ballot: |
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41 | INCREASING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF CIRCUIT |
42 | COURT AND COUNTY COURT JUDGES.-The State Constitution currently |
43 | prohibits a person from serving as a circuit court judge unless |
44 | the person is, and has been for the proceeding 5 years, a member |
45 | of The Florida Bar. This same prohibition applies to county |
46 | court judges, except in counties having a population of 40,000 |
47 | or fewer, where a person need only be a member in good standing |
48 | of The Florida Bar. This proposed amendment increases to 10 |
49 | years the period of time that a person must be a member of The |
50 | Florida Bar before serving as a circuit court judge or a county |
51 | court judge in any county. |
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