Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05987 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5987
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1835
 *01835*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5987 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1835

*01835*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT A PROBATE COURT JUDGE TO COMPLETE HIS OR HER TERM OF OFFICE UPON ATTAINING SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That article eighth of the amendments to the Constitution of the state be amended to permit a Probate Court judge to finish the term for which he or she was most recently elected when such judge attains seventy years of age prior to completion of the term. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow a Probate Court judge who attains seventy years of age to complete the term for which he or she was most recently elected.