| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | | - | amended by adding Section 33.02105 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | Sec. 33.02105. CANDIDATE FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE. The |
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| 15 | | - | commission may accept complaints, conduct investigations, and take |
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| 16 | | - | any other action authorized by this chapter or Section 1-a, Article |
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| 17 | | - | V, Texas Constitution, with respect to a candidate for judicial |
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| 18 | | - | office who is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 253, Election Code, |
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| 19 | | - | in the same manner the commission is authorized to take those |
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| 20 | | - | actions with respect to a judge. |
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| 21 | | - | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 9 | + | SECTION 1. Section Sec. 33.001(a)(8), Government Code, is |
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| 10 | + | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | + | (8) "Judge" means a justice, judge, master, |
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| 12 | + | magistrate, or retired or former judge as described by Section 1-a, |
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| 13 | + | Article V, Texas Constitution, including a candidate for a judicial |
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| 14 | + | office subject to the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act, or other |
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| 15 | + | person who performs the functions of the justice, judge, master, |
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| 16 | + | magistrate, or retired or former judge. |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 2. Section Sec. 33.002, Government Code, is amended |
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| 18 | + | by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | + | (a-2) The State Commission on Judicial Conduct shall have |
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| 20 | + | the authority to enforce the Code of Judicial Conduct and |
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| 21 | + | administer discipline as it relates to judicial candidates. |
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| 22 | + | SECTION 3.This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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