By: Vaught, Hughes H.B. No. 3892
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation and benefits received by a Chapter 90
Civil Practice and Remedies Code multidistrict litigation pretrial
judge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 90, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Section 90.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 90.013. APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED JUDGES. If a retired
judge is appointed to a Chapter 90 MDL pretrial court, the judge is
entitled to all compensation and benefits of a sitting district
court judge.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.