HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION P


     June 7, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Bishop, Gilbert, Faunce, Shulman, Kowall, Kuipers, Koetje, Birkholz, Ehardt, Raczkowski
and Julian and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by amending section 19 of article VI, to raise

   the age after which a person shall not be elected or appointed to

   judicial office from 70 to 75 years of age.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to raise the age after which a person shall

   not be elected or appointed to judicial office from 70 to 75

   years of age, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people

   of the state:

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                                  ARTICLE VI

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           Sec. 19.  (1) The supreme court, the court of appeals, the

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      circuit court, the probate court and other courts designated as

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      such by the legislature shall be courts of record and each shall




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      have a common seal.  Justices and judges of courts of record must

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      be persons who are licensed to practice law in this state.

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           (2) To be qualified to serve as a judge of a trial court, a

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      judge of the court of appeals, or a justice of the supreme court,

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      a person shall have been admitted to the practice of law for at

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      least 5 years.  This subsection shall not apply to any judge or

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      justice appointed or elected to judicial office prior to the date

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      on which this subsection becomes part of the constitution.

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           (3) No person shall be elected or appointed to a judicial

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      office after reaching the age of  70  75 years.

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           Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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      mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

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      the manner provided by law.































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