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       By Commissioner Martinez
       
       martinezr-00006-17                                       20171__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution to
    3         increase the age after which a justice or judge may no
    4         longer serve in a judicial office.
    5          
    6  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    7  Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 8 of Article V of the State Constitution is amended
   10  to read:
   11                              ARTICLE V                            
   12                              JUDICIARY                            
   13         SECTION 8. Eligibility.—No person shall be eligible for
   14  office of justice or judge of any court unless the person is an
   15  elector of the state and resides in the territorial jurisdiction
   16  of the court. No justice or judge shall serve after attaining
   17  the age of seventy-five seventy years except upon temporary
   18  assignment or to complete a term, one-half of which has been
   19  served. No person is eligible for the office of justice of the
   20  supreme court or judge of a district court of appeal unless the
   21  person is, and has been for the preceding ten years, a member of
   22  the bar of Florida. No person is eligible for the office of
   23  circuit judge unless the person is, and has been for the
   24  preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida. Unless
   25  otherwise provided by general law, no person is eligible for the
   26  office of county court judge unless the person is, and has been
   27  for the preceding five years, a member of the bar of Florida.
   28  Unless otherwise provided by general law, a person shall be
   29  eligible for election or appointment to the office of county
   30  court judge in a county having a population of 40,000 or less if
   31  the person is a member in good standing of the bar of Florida.