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| 1 | 1 | 86R2893 CAE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 549 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an objection to the judge assigned in a criminal case. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 74.053(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (b) If a party to a civil or criminal case files a timely | |
| 12 | 12 | objection to the assignment, the judge shall not hear the case. | |
| 13 | 13 | Except as provided by Subsection (d), each party to the case is only | |
| 14 | 14 | entitled to one objection under this section for that case. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 16 | 16 | to the right to object to the assignment of a judge assigned under | |
| 17 | 17 | Chapter 74, Government Code, on or after the effective date of this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act. An objection to the assignment of a judge assigned under | |
| 19 | 19 | Chapter 74, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act | |
| 20 | 20 | is governed by the law in effect on the date of assignment, and the | |
| 21 | 21 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |