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Committee recommends raising county sheriff age disqualification from 70 to 75
Summary
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 9–7 in executive session to recommend CACR 8, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the disqualification (mandatory retirement) age for county sheriffs from 70 to 75. Sponsors and sheriffs said the change addresses recruitment and retention and respects voters' decision-making.
A legislative committee recommended passage of a proposed constitutional amendment that would raise the age at which a county sheriff becomes disqualified from office from 70 to 75.
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 9–7 in executive session to report CACR 8 "ought to pass." Senator Daryl Abbas, the bill's prime sponsor, told the committee the amendment is intended to keep experienced elected sheriffs in office as agencies face recruitment and retention problems. "All it would do would raise the disqualification, or I call it mandatory retirement age, for a county sheriff from 70 to 75," Abbas said.
The measure would change a constitutional disqualification for…
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