By: Fraser S.B. No. 657
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of the local administrative district
judge for Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 74.097, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 74.097. LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT JUDGE FOR
BLANCO, BURNET, LLANO, AND SAN SABA COUNTIES. Notwithstanding
Section 74.091(b), the local administrative district judge for
Blanco, Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties is selected on the
basis of rotation [seniority] from the district judges of the 33rd
Judicial District and the 424th Judicial District.
SECTION 2. The judges of the district courts in Blanco,
Burnet, Llano, and San Saba Counties shall select a local
administrative district judge for those counties as required by
Section 74.097, Government Code, as amended by this Act, to begin
the initial rotation for service as the local administrative
district judge on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.