Judicial retirement age.

WORKING DRAFT
2013
STATE OF
WYOMING
13LSO-0468

HOUSE BILL
NO.

HB0167

Judicial retirement age.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Nicholas, B., Greear, Krone, Stubson and Zwonitzer, Dn.

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to judicial retirement; modifying mandatory retirement age for supreme court and district court judges; imposing a mandatory retirement age upon circuit court judges; making the act contingent upon passage of a constitutional amendment as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 5
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1
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106(
a)(intro)
and (d)
and 5
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9
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111 by creating a new subsection (b) are amended to read:

5
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1
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106.

Retirement of judges of the
supreme court
or district courts; pension; assignment of retired judges.

(a)

A judge of the
supreme court

or
district courts shall retire when he attains the age of
seventy (70)

seventy-five (75)
years. A judge is eligible for retirement when he has served as a judge of the
supreme court
, a district court or both for:

(d)

The
retirement benefit provisions of t
his section shall apply to judges who were appointed prior to July 1, 1998 and to judges who have
retired
and are receiving benefits under this section. Judicial retirement
benefits

for justices and judges appointed to the bench on or after July 1, 1998
are
provided pursuant to W.S. 9
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3
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701 through 9
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3
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713.

5
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9
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111.

Qualifications.

(b)

A judge of a circuit court shall retire when he
attains the age of seventy-five
(7
5
) years.

Section 2.

This act is effective only if the electors adopt a constitutional amendment at the 201
4
general election modifying the mandatory retirement age for justices and judges, as provided i
n 2013 House Joint Resolution
1
.

Section 3.

Subject to section 2 of this act, this act is effective upon certification of
the election results of the 2014
election.

(END)

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