Bill Text: TX SB898 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the procedures of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB898-Introduced.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 898 | |
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| relating to the procedures of the State Commission on Judicial | ||
| Conduct. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.0211(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The commission, [ |
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| disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the | ||
| complaint of any change in the status of the complaint | ||
| investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover | ||
| investigation. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Sections 33.02114, 33.02115, and 33.02116 to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.02114. COMPLAINT INFORMATION ON COMMISSION | ||
| WEBSITE. The commission shall maintain on the commission's | ||
| Internet website a statement that a complainant is not required to | ||
| maintain confidentiality of the complaint filed by the complainant. | ||
| Sec. 33.02115. SANCTION GUIDELINES. The commission shall | ||
| establish guidelines for the imposition of a sanction to ensure | ||
| each sanction imposed is proportional to the judicial misconduct. | ||
| Sec. 33.02116. COMPLAINT SCHEDULE. The commission shall | ||
| establish a schedule outlining times for commission action on a | ||
| complaint. The schedule must allow the executive director to | ||
| approve an extension of time for complaint disposition due to | ||
| extenuating circumstances, including a need for further | ||
| investigation. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
