| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 598 |
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| 1 | + | By: Price, Moody (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 598 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the use of funds appropriated for the continuing legal |
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| 6 | 12 | | education of certain appointed masters, magistrates, referees, and |
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| 7 | 13 | | associate judges. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 56.003(b), Government Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 16 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | (b) No more than one-third of the funds appropriated for any |
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| 12 | 18 | | fiscal year shall be used for the continuing legal education of |
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| 13 | 19 | | judges of appellate courts, district courts, county courts at law, |
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| 14 | 20 | | county courts performing judicial functions, full-time associate |
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| 15 | 21 | | judges and masters appointed pursuant to Chapter 201, Family Code, |
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| 16 | 22 | | and full-time and part-time masters, magistrates, referees, and |
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| 17 | 23 | | associate judges appointed pursuant to Chapter 54 or 54A as |
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| 18 | 24 | | required by the court of criminal appeals under Section 74.025 and |
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| 19 | 25 | | of their court personnel. |
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| 20 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 21 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 22 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 23 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 598 was passed by the House on |
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| 24 | | - | April 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 |
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| 25 | | - | present, not voting. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 598 was passed by the Senate on |
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| 29 | | - | May |
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| 30 | | - | 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 33 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 34 | | - | Date |
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| 35 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Governor |
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| 27 | + | * * * * * |
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