Bill Text: TX HB5097 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of a retired judge as a visiting judge in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB5097 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5097-Introduced.html

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88R4394 AMF-D
By: Murr H.B. No. 5097

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a retired judge as a visiting judge
in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 26, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 26.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.020. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "retired
judge" means:
(1) a person who has retired under the Judicial
Retirement System of Texas, the Judicial Retirement System of Texas
Plan One, or the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two; or
(2) a person who served as a judge for at least 96
months in a statutory probate, statutory county, or constitutional
county court and has retired under the Texas County and District
Retirement System.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.