Bill Text: TX HJR39 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the mandatory age of retirement for state justices and judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Left pending in committee [HJR39 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HJR39-Introduced.html
88R1671 AMF-D | ||
By: Vasut | H.J.R. No. 39 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the mandatory age of | ||
retirement for state justices and judges. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1-a(1), Article V, Texas Constitution, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) Subject to the further provisions of this Section, | ||
the Legislature shall provide for the retirement and compensation | ||
of Justices and Judges of the Appellate Courts and District and | ||
Criminal District Courts on account of length of service, age and | ||
disability, and for their reassignment to active duty where and | ||
when needed. [ |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2023. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment to repeal the mandatory | ||
age of retirement for state justices and judges." |