ENROLLED
Page 1 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
ACT No. 875
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 96
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS AND SENATOR LAFLEUR
A JOINT RESOLUTION1
Proposing to amend Article V, Section 23 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to2
judges; to remove provisions that establish an age beyond which judges shall not3
remain in office; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to4
electors and provide a ballot proposition.5
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members6
elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for7
their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to amend Article V,8
Section 23 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:9
ยง23. Judges; Retirement10
Section 23. (A) Retirement System. Within two years after the effective date11
of this constitution, the legislature shall provide for a retirement system for judges12
which shall apply to a judge taking office after the effective date of the law enacting13
the system and in which a judge in office at that time may elect to become a member,14
with credit for all prior years of judicial service and without contribution therefor.15
The retirement benefits and judicial service rights of a judge in office or retired on16
the effective date of this constitution shall not be diminished, nor shall the benefits17
to which a surviving spouse is entitled be reduced. 18
(B) Mandatory Retirement. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a19
judge shall not remain in office beyond his seventieth birthday. A judge who attains20
seventy years of age while serving a term of office shall be allowed to complete that21
term of office.22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 96
Page 2 of 2
CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted1
to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 4,2
2014.3
Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election4
there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted5
to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as6
follows:7
Do you support an amendment to remove the constitutional requirement that8
a judge retire upon attaining the age of seventy or, if his seventieth birthday9
occurs during his term, that he retire upon completion of that term? (Amends10
Article V, Section 23)11
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE