Bill Amendment: TX SB21 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the legislature.

Status: 2023-05-23 - Postponed 6/1/23 10:00 AM [SB21 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB21-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F3-Zaffirini.html

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Amend CSSB 21 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 33.0213, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 33.0213.  NOTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVESTIGATION. On notice by any law enforcement agency investigating an action for which a complaint has been filed with the commission, the commission:

(1)  may place the commission's complaint file on hold and decline any further investigation that would jeopardize the law enforcement agency's investigation; or

(2)  shall [. The commission may] continue an investigation that would not jeopardize a law enforcement investigation regarding the conduct subject to the complaint and may issue a censure or sanction based on the complaint.