84R8017 CAE-D
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1520
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the assignment to a trial court of a judge or justice
who was defeated in a primary or general election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 74.053(d), Government Code, is amended
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 criminal or civil case if either party objects to the
judge or justice.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the assignment of a judge or justice made on or after the
effective date of this Act. An assignment made before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before
that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.