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By: McReynolds, et al. Senate Sponsor-Watson |
H.J.R. No. 36 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 22, 2007; |
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April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Jurisprudence; April 23, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; |
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April 23, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.J.R. No. 36 |
By: Watson |
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a state justice or |
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judge who reaches the mandatory age of retirement while in office to |
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complete the justice's or judge's current term. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1-a(1), Article V, Texas Constitution, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(1) Subject to the further provisions of this Section, the |
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Legislature shall provide for the retirement and compensation of |
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Justices and Judges of the Appellate Courts and District and |
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Criminal District Courts on account of length of service, age and |
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disability, and for their reassignment to active duty where and |
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when needed. The office of every such Justice and Judge shall |
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become vacant on the expiration of the term during which [when] the |
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incumbent reaches the age of seventy-five (75) years or such |
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earlier age, not less than seventy (70) years, as the Legislature |
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may prescribe, except that if a Justice or Judge elected to serve or |
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fill the remainder of a six-year term reaches the age of |
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seventy-five (75) years during the first four years of the term, the |
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office of that Justice or Judge shall become vacant on December 31 |
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of the fourth year of the term to which the Justice or Judge was |
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elected. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2007. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment permitting a justice or |
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judge who reaches the mandatory retirement age while in office to |
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serve the remainder of the justice's or judge's current term." |
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