By: Birdwell S.B. No. 528 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the term of a chief administrative law judge. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2003.022(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The office is under the direction of a chief administrative law judge appointed by the governor for a two-year term that expires on May 15 of each even-numbered year. The chief administrative law judge is eligible for reappointment. SECTION 2. Section 2003.022(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a chief administrative law judge appointed under that section on or after the effective date of this Act. A chief administrative law judge appointed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.