| 1 | 1 | | By: Clardy H.B. No. 4081 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the referral of certain proceedings to an associate |
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| 7 | 7 | | judge and requests for reimbursement of all or part of an associate |
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| 8 | 8 | | judge's or interpreter's salary. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 54A.004, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) The commissioners court of a county may submit a request |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Texas Judicial Council for reimbursement of all or part of |
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| 14 | 14 | | the salary paid to an associate judge to whom judges in the county |
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| 15 | 15 | | give preference when referring cases under Section 54A.006(a)(11) |
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| 16 | 16 | | to be paid from money appropriated to the council for the purposes |
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| 17 | 17 | | of border security. The council may adopt rules to implement this |
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| 18 | 18 | | subsection. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 54A.006(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 20 | 20 | | to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) A judge may refer to an associate judge any matter |
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| 22 | 22 | | arising out of a criminal case involving: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) a negotiated plea of guilty or no contest before |
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| 24 | 24 | | the court; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) a bond forfeiture; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) a pretrial motion; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) a writ of habeas corpus; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) an examining trial; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (6) an occupational driver's license; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7) an appeal of an administrative driver's license |
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| 31 | 31 | | revocation hearing; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (8) a civil commitment matter under Subtitle C, Title |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7, Health and Safety Code; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (9) setting, adjusting, or revoking bond; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (10) the issuance of search warrants, including a |
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| 36 | 36 | | search warrant under Article 18.02(a)(10), Code of Criminal |
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| 37 | 37 | | Procedure, notwithstanding Article 18.01(c), Code of Criminal |
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| 38 | 38 | | Procedure; [and] |
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| 39 | 39 | | (11) alleged conduct constituting the offense of |
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| 40 | 40 | | criminal trespass under Section 30.05, Penal Code, engaged in by a |
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| 41 | 41 | | person not lawfully present in the United States; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (12) any other matter the judge considers necessary |
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| 43 | 43 | | and proper. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 57, Government Code, is |
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| 45 | 45 | | amended by adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 57.003. COMPENSATION. The commissioners court of a |
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| 47 | 47 | | county may submit a request to the Texas Judicial Council for |
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| 48 | 48 | | reimbursement of all or part of the salary paid to an interpreter |
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| 49 | 49 | | for services rendered in a case referred under Section |
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| 50 | 50 | | 54A.006(a)(11) to be paid from money appropriated to the council |
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| 51 | 51 | | for the purposes of border security. The council may adopt rules to |
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| 52 | 52 | | implement this section. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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