By: Jetton (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 367
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2023;
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the State Commission on
Judicial Conduct.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 33, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.02105 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.02105. CANDIDATE FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE. The
commission may accept complaints, conduct investigations, and take
any other action authorized by this chapter or Section 1-a, Article
V, Texas Constitution, with respect to a candidate for judicial
office who is subject to Subchapter F, Chapter 253, Election Code,
in the same manner the commission is authorized to take those
actions with respect to a judge.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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