SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 21
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS SCHNEIDER, KLARICH, WIGGINS, KINDER AND CASKEY.
Read 1st time March 1, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 26 of article V of the Constitution of Missouri relating to the judiciary, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2002, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article V of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 26, article V, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 26, to read as follows:
Section 26. 1. All judges other than municipal judges shall retire at the age of [seventy] seventy-five years, except as provided in the schedule to this article, under a retirement plan provided by law.
2. All judges may retire at an earlier age authorized by law and may participate in a retirement plan provided by law.
3. Any retired judge, associate circuit judge or commissioner, with his consent, may be assigned by the supreme court as a senior judge to any court in this state or as a special commissioner. When serving as a senior judge he shall have the same powers as an active judge.