By: Bailey H.J.R. No. 62
73R3355 MWV-D
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1-1 proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the mandatory
1-2 retirement age for justices and judges.
1-3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Article V, Section 1-a(1), of the Texas
1-5 Constitution is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (1) Subject to the further provisions of this Section, the
1-7 Legislature shall provide for the retirement and compensation of
1-8 Justices and Judges of the Appellate Courts and District and
1-9 Criminal District Courts on account of length of service, age and
1-10 disability, and for their reassignment to active duty where and
1-11 when needed. <The office of every such Justice and Judge shall
1-12 become vacant when the incumbent reaches the age of seventy-five
1-13 (75) years or such earlier age, not less than seventy (70) years,
1-14 as the Legislature may prescribe; but, in the case of an incumbent
1-15 whose term of office includes the effective date of this Amendment,
1-16 this provision shall not prevent him from serving the remainder of
1-17 said term nor be applicable to him before his period or periods of
1-18 judicial service shall have reached a total of ten (10) years.>
1-19 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
1-20 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 1993.
1-21 The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against
1-22 the proposition: "The constitutional amendment repealing a
1-23 mandatory retirement age for justices and judges."