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| 1 | 1 | 86R12783 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 1580 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the disclosure of investigation and proceeding | |
| 8 | 8 | information by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 33.036, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) To protect the public interest, the commission may | |
| 14 | 14 | disclose information relating to an investigation or proceeding | |
| 15 | 15 | under this chapter to: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) a law enforcement agency; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) a public official who is authorized or required by | |
| 18 | 18 | law to appoint a person to serve as a judge; | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) the supreme court; [or] | |
| 20 | 20 | (4) an entity that provides commission-ordered | |
| 21 | 21 | education to judges; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (5) the State Bar of Texas. | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) The State Bar of Texas may use information disclosed to | |
| 24 | 24 | the state bar under this section only to investigate and dispose of | |
| 25 | 25 | a complaint as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 81. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |