Bill Text: TX HB62 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a justice or judge having an interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or rehabilitation facility.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [HB62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB62-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 62 | ||
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| relating to a justice or judge having an interest in a business | ||
| entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or | ||
| rehabilitation facility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 21.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.010. FINANCIAL INTEREST IN PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL AND | ||
| REHABILITATION FACILITIES PROHIBITED. (a) A justice or judge, as | ||
| applicable, of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a | ||
| court of appeals, a district court, a county court, a county court | ||
| at law, or a statutory probate court may not, on the date the person | ||
| takes office as a justice or judge or while serving as a justice or | ||
| judge, have a significant interest in a business entity that owns, | ||
| manages, or operates: | ||
| (1) a community residential facility described by | ||
| Section 508.119; | ||
| (2) a correctional or rehabilitation facility subject | ||
| to Chapter 244, Local Government Code; or | ||
| (3) any other facility intended to accomplish a | ||
| purpose or provide a service described by Section 508.119(a) to a | ||
| person convicted of a misdemeanor or felony or found to have engaged | ||
| in delinquent conduct who is housed in the facility: | ||
| (A) while serving a sentence of confinement | ||
| following conviction of an offense or an adjudication of delinquent | ||
| conduct; or | ||
| (B) as a condition of community supervision, | ||
| probation, parole, or mandatory supervision. | ||
| (b) A justice or judge is considered to have a significant | ||
| interest in a business entity described by Subsection (a) for | ||
| purposes of this section if: | ||
| (1) the justice or judge owns any voting stock or share | ||
| or has a direct investment in the business entity that represents | ||
| the lesser of at least 10 percent or $15,000 of the fair market | ||
| value of the business entity; or | ||
| (2) the justice or judge receives money from the | ||
| business entity. | ||
| (c) A violation of this section by a justice or judge is | ||
| considered a violation of Canon 4D(1), Code of Judicial Conduct. A | ||
| justice or judge who has an interest in a business entity that is | ||
| prohibited by this section must report the interest to the State | ||
| Commission on Judicial Conduct. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 62 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 62 was passed by the Senate on May 17, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
