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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 569 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators TOMCZYK and CABRAL-GUEVARA, |
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| 6 | 6 | | cosponsored by Representatives RETTINGER, DITTRICH and O'CONNOR. Referred |
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| 7 | 7 | | to Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection. |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT to create 757.023 of the statutes; relating to: setting a maximum age |
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| 9 | 9 | | for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 11 | 11 | | Article VII, section 24 (2), of the Wisconsin Constitution authorizes the |
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| 12 | 12 | | legislature to set an age, of not less than 70 years, beyond which a supreme court |
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| 13 | 13 | | justice or judge of any court of record may not serve, unless the person is appointed |
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| 14 | 14 | | on a temporary basis as a reserve judge. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under this bill, no person may be elected or appointed, other than as a |
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| 16 | 16 | | temporary reserve judge, to serve as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of |
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| 17 | 17 | | record if the date of election or appointment occurs on or after the date the person |
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| 18 | 18 | | attains the age of 75 years. |
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| 19 | 19 | | For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be |
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| 20 | 20 | | printed as an appendix to this bill. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 757.023 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 757.023 Maximum age for justices and judges. (1) No person may be |
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| 25 | 25 | | elected or appointed to serve as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record |
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| 31 | 31 | | MPG&KRP:wlj |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 569 |
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| 33 | 33 | | if the date of election or appointment occurs on or after the date the person attains |
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| 34 | 34 | | the age of 75 years. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a temporary reserve judge appointed under |
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| 36 | 36 | | s. 753.075. |
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