By: Murr H.B. No. 3736
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for judicial continuing legal education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.003(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) No more than one-third of the funds appropriated for any
fiscal year shall be used for the continuing legal education of
judges of appellate courts, district courts, county courts at law,
county courts performing judicial functions, full-time associate
judges and masters appointed pursuant to Chapter 201, Family Code,
and [full-time] masters, magistrates, referees, and associate
judges appointed pursuant to Chapter 54 or 54A as required by the
court of criminal appeals under Section 74.025 and of their court
personnel.