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Amendment 13 reduces domiciliary time for judge candidates |
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Written by Press-Herald Staff
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Friday, 29 September 2006 |
Proposed Constitutional Amendment 1 on the September 30 ballot states: to provide that a person shall have been admitted to the practice of law for ten years preceding election to the supreme court or a court of appeals and for eight years preceding election to a district court, family court, parish court or court having solely juvenile jurisdiction; and to decrease the requirement that a person be domiciled in the respective district, circuit or parish from two years to one year preceding election. Effective January 1, 2008, and applicable to any person who is elected to the office of judge on and after January 1, 2008.
More information regarding the amendment, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State, is as follows.
13. Act 860 (2006 Regular Session) amends Article V, Section 24.
Present Constitution provides the qualifications for judges and requires that a judge of the supreme court, court of appeal, district court, family court, parish court or court having solely juvenile jurisdiction shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for at least five years prior to his election.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment changes the qualifications for judges and requires that a person shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state of Louisiana for at least the number of years specified as follows: (1) for the supreme court or court of appeals — 10 years; (2) for a district court, family court, parish court or court having solely juvenile jurisdiction — eight years.
Present Constitution requires a judge to have been domiciled in the district, circuit or parish for two years preceding election.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment changes the requirement for a judge to have been domiciled in the district, circuit or parish from two years preceding election to one year preceding election.
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