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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory age |
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of retirement for state justices and judges. |
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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, |
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the Legislature shall provide for the retirement and compensation |
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of 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 the |
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incumbent reaches the age of 79 [seventy-five (75)] years or such |
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earlier age, not less than 75 [seventy (70)] years, as the |
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Legislature may prescribe[, except that if a Justice or Judge |
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elected to serve or fill the remainder of a six-year term reaches |
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the age of seventy-five (75) years during the first four years of |
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the term, the office of that Justice or Judge shall become vacant on |
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December 31 of the fourth year of the term to which the Justice or |
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Judge was 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 7, 2023. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment to increase the |
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mandatory age of retirement for state justices and judges." |