| 1 | 1 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2227 |
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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 list of retired and former judges subject to |
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| 7 | 7 | | assignment. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sec. 74.055 (c), Government Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Each presiding judge shall maintain a list of retired and |
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| 12 | 12 | | former judges who meet the requirements of this section. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The presiding judge shall divide the list into area |
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| 14 | 14 | | specialties of criminal, civil, or domestic relations cases. A |
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| 15 | 15 | | retired or former judge may only be assigned to a case in the |
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| 16 | 16 | | judge's area of specialty. A judge may qualify for assignment in |
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| 17 | 17 | | more than one area of specialty. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) To be eligible to be named on the list, a retired or |
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| 19 | 19 | | former judge must: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) have served as an active judge for at least 96 months in a |
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| 21 | 21 | | district, statutory probate, statutory county, or appellate court, |
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| 22 | 22 | | constitutional county or justice of the peace. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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