Bill Text: TX HB520 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Referred to State Affairs [HB520 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB520-Engrossed.html
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| By: Moody, Sheets, Clardy | H.B. No. 520 | |
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| relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 74.055(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c) To be eligible to be named on the list, a retired or | ||
| former judge must: | ||
| (1) have served as an active judge for: | ||
| (A) at least 96 months in a district, statutory | ||
| probate, statutory county, or appellate court; or | ||
| (B) at least 48 months in a district, statutory | ||
| county, statutory probate, or appellate court, if the retired or | ||
| former judge has served as judge of more than two district, | ||
| statutory county, statutory probate, or appellate courts; | ||
| (2) have developed substantial experience in the | ||
| judge's area of specialty; | ||
| (3) not have been removed from office; | ||
| (4) certify under oath to the presiding judge, on a | ||
| form prescribed by the state board of regional judges, that: | ||
| (A) the judge has never been publicly reprimanded | ||
| or censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct; and | ||
| (B) the judge: | ||
| (i) did not resign or retire from office | ||
| after the State Commission on Judicial Conduct notified the judge | ||
| of the commencement of a full investigation into an allegation or | ||
| appearance of misconduct or disability of the judge as provided in | ||
| Section 33.022 and before the final disposition of that | ||
| investigation; or | ||
| (ii) if the judge did resign from office | ||
| under circumstances described by Subparagraph (i), was not publicly | ||
| reprimanded or censured as a result of the investigation; | ||
| (5) annually demonstrate that the judge has completed | ||
| in the past state fiscal year the educational requirements for | ||
| active district, statutory probate, and statutory county court | ||
| judges; and | ||
| (6) certify to the presiding judge a willingness not | ||
| to appear and plead as an attorney in any court in this state for a | ||
| period of two years. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
