Section 1. Are you in favor of changing the term of Commonwealth's Attorneys from six-year terms to eight-year terms
beginning in 2030, changing the terms of judges of the district court from four-year terms to eight-year terms beginning in
2022, and requiring district judges to have been licensed attorneys for at least eight years beginning in 2022, by amending the
Constitution of Kentucky to read as stated below?
Section 2. It is proposed that Section 97 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows:
In the year two thousand, and every six years thereafter, there shall be an election in each county for a Circuit Court Clerk,
and, until the year two thousand thirty, for a Commonwealth's Attorney, in each circuit court district, unless that office be
abolished, who shall hold their respective offices for six years from the first Monday in January after their election, and until
the election and qualification of their successors. Beginning in the year two thousand thirty, and every eight years thereafter,
there shall be an election for a Commonwealth's Attorney in each circuit court district, unless that office be abolished, who
shall hold his or her office for eight years from the first Monday in January after his or her election, and until the election and
qualification of his or her successor.
Section 3. It is proposed that Section 119 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows:
Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the

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Section 1. Are you in favor of changing the term of Commonwealth's Attorneys from six-year terms to eight-year terms
beginning in 2030, changing the terms of judges of the district court from four-year terms to eight-year terms beginning in
2022, and requiring district judges to have been licensed attorneys for at least eight years beginning in 2022, by amending the
Constitution of Kentucky to read as stated below?
Section 2. It is proposed that Section 97 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows:
In the year two thousand, and every six years thereafter, there shall be an election in each county for a Circuit Court Clerk,
and, until the year two thousand thirty, for a Commonwealth's Attorney, in each circuit court district, unless that office be
abolished, who shall hold their respective offices for six years from the first Monday in January after their election, and until
the election and qualification of their successors. Beginning in the year two thousand thirty, and every eight years thereafter,
there shall be an election for a Commonwealth's Attorney in each circuit court district, unless that office be abolished, who
shall hold his or her office for eight years from the first Monday in January after his or her election, and until the election and
qualification of his or her successor.
Section 3. It is proposed that Section 119 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows:
Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the Court of Appeals and circuit court shall severally hold their offices for terms
of eight years, and until the year two thousand twenty-two, judges of the district court for terms of four years. Beginning in
the year two thousand twenty-two, judges of the district court shall hold their offices for terms of eight years. All terms
commence on the first Monday in January next succeeding the regular election for the office. No justice or judge may be
deprived of his term of office by redistricting, or by a reduction in the number of justices or judges.
Section 4. It is proposed that Section 122 of the Constitution of Kentucky be amended to read as follows:
To be eligible to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals, Circuit Court or District Court a
person must be a citizen of the United States, licensed to practice law in the courts of this Commonwealth, and have been a
resident of this Commonwealth and of the district from which he or she is elected for two years next preceding his or her
taking office. In addition, to be eligible to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals or Circuit
Court a person must have been a licensed attorney for at least eight years. Beginning in the year two thousand twenty two, no
district judge shall serve who has not been a licensed attorney for at least eight years.
Section 5. The eight-year licensure requirement for district judges set forth in the amendment to Section 122 of the
Constitution shall not apply to any person serving as a district judge on the effective date of this amendment.

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