82R9080 YDB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 3434
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuing judicial training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.006, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) The court of criminal appeals may not adopt rules that
require judges to complete continuing judicial training more
frequently than every two years.
(d) In adopting rules on continuing judicial training, the
court of criminal appeals must adopt rules that require:
(1) a judge to complete continuing judicial training
in an even-numbered year; and
(2) the training to include a legislative update of
the preceding legislative session on laws enacted or amended that
affect the judiciary.
(e) The court of criminal appeals may not approve an
organization to sponsor continuing judicial training for judges in
this state unless the organization at a minimum provides training
to municipal, county court, statutory county court, and district
judges. This subsection does not prohibit the organization from
providing training courses on topics specific to the judges of
certain courts.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2011, the court of
criminal appeals shall adopt the rules required by Section 56.006,
Government Code, as amended by this Act.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 56.006, Government Code, as
amended by this Act, a judge is not required to comply with the
continuing judicial training requirements of that section and rules
adopted under that section until the year beginning January 1,
2012.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.