86R7513 TSS-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1069
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to additional qualifications of justices and judges of
certain courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 21.0045 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0045. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF JUSTICE OR
JUDGE. (a) A person is not eligible to be a candidate for or to
serve as a justice of the supreme court or a court of appeals or a
judge of the court of criminal appeals, a district court, a
statutory county court, or a statutory probate court unless the
person has:
(1) served for not less than one year as a justice or
judge of a court listed in this subsection; or
(2) practiced for not less than one year in a court of
equivalent or greater jurisdiction than the court in which the
person will serve.
(b) The requirements of this section are in addition to
qualifications required by Article V, Texas Constitution, and other
law.
SECTION 2. Section 21.0045, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a judge or justice who is elected or
appointed on or after the effective date of this Act. A judge or
justice elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
continues to serve for the term to which the judge or justice was
elected or appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.