TO ALLOW A PERSON FILING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEALS WHO IS AN APPOINTEE IN THAT POSITION TO USE THE TITLE OF THAT POSITION AS A PREFIX WHEN FILING AS A CANDIDATE.

House Bill 1891 (now Act 715) amends the law concerning how candidates for nonpartisan judicial offices can use their titles when filing. Previously, only judges who had been elected to their position could use their judicial title as a prefix. This bill expands that allowance to include individuals currently serving as an appointed Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, circuit judge, or district judge. To qualify, an appointee must have served in that judicial position for at least twelve months.