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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1118 By: Howard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to judicial retirement; mandating
7 retirement of certain judicial officers upon certain
8 age; authorizing completion of certain term;
8 authorizing certain retirement benefits; prohibiting
9 election, retention, or appointment of certain
9 persons; providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1407 of Title 20, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As authorized pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 11 of
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18 Article VII of the Oklahoma Constitution, a Justice of the Supreme
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19 Court, a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals or of the Court of
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20 Civil Appeals, or a district or associate district court judge shall
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21 retire when he or she reaches seventy-five (75) years of age;
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22 provided, however, such appellate Justice or Judge or district or
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23 associate district court judge may complete the term during which he
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24 or she turns seventy-five (75) years of age if he or she chooses to
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1 complete such term. Upon retiring, each such appellate Justice or
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2 Judge or district or associate district court judge shall receive
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3 retirement benefits as provided by law.
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4 B. An appellate Justice or Judge or district or associate
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5 district court judge who has reached seventy-five (75) years of age
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6 on or before the effective date of this act shall retire on the
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7 effective date of this act; provided, however, such appellate Justice
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8 or Judge or district or associate district court judge may complete
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9 the term during which this act was enacted if he or she chooses to
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10 complete such term. Upon retiring, each such appellate Justice or
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11 Judge or district or associate district court judge shall receive
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12 retirement benefits as provided by law.
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13 C. No person shall be eligible for election, retention, or
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14 appointment to any appellate or district court who has reached
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15 seventy-five (75) years of age prior to or on the date of election
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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