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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 1111 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to justices and judges; establi shing
mandatory retirement age for certain judicial
officers; providing for filling of certai n vacancy;
providing for codification; a nd providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1407 of Title 20, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As authorized pursuant to subs ection (c) of Section 11 of
Article VII of the Oklahoma Constitution, a n appellate Justice or
Judge in this state shall be automatically retir ed when he or she
reaches seventy-five (75) years of age . Such retirement shall occur
upon reaching seventy-five (75) years of age regardless of any time
remaining in an existing term. Any vacancy occurring upon a
retirement as required by this section s hall be filled as provided
by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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