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| 1 | 1 | 84R8017 CAE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1520 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the assignment to a trial court of a judge or justice | |
| 8 | 8 | who was defeated in a primary or general election. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 74.053(d), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) An assigned judge or justice who was defeated in the | |
| 13 | 13 | last primary or general election for which the judge or justice was | |
| 14 | 14 | a candidate for the judicial office held by the judge or justice may | |
| 15 | 15 | not sit in a criminal or civil case if either party objects to the | |
| 16 | 16 | judge or justice. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to the assignment of a judge or justice made on or after the | |
| 19 | 19 | effective date of this Act. An assignment made before the effective | |
| 20 | 20 | date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before | |
| 21 | 21 | that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 22 | 22 | purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |