By: Thompson H.B. No. 3121
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to objections to a judge assigned to a trial court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Amend Section 74.052(d), Government Code, to
read as follows:
(d) An assigned judge or justice who was defeated in the
last primary or general election for which the judge or justice was
a candidate for the judicial office held by the judge or justice may
not sit in a case if either party, in a civil or criminal case,
objects to the judge or justice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.