Bill Text: TX SB1069 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to additional qualifications of justices and judges of certain courts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1069 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1069-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 1069 |
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relating to additional qualifications of justices and judges of | ||
certain courts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 21.0045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.0045. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF JUSTICE OR | ||
JUDGE. (a) A person is not eligible to be a candidate for or to | ||
serve as a justice of the supreme court or a court of appeals or a | ||
judge of the court of criminal appeals, a district court, a | ||
statutory county court, or a statutory probate court unless the | ||
person has: | ||
(1) served for not less than one year as a justice or | ||
judge of a court listed in this subsection; or | ||
(2) practiced for not less than one year in a court of | ||
equivalent or greater jurisdiction than the court in which the | ||
person will serve. | ||
(b) The requirements of this section are in addition to | ||
qualifications required by Article V, Texas Constitution, and other | ||
law. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.0045, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a judge or justice who is elected or | ||
appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A judge or | ||
justice elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act | ||
continues to serve for the term to which the judge or justice was | ||
elected or appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |