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| 1 | 1 | 89R16950 BCH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Holt H.B. No. 4388 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to judicial authority and duties. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 21.001, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) A person holding judicial office may not abandon, | |
| 14 | 14 | abdicate, or otherwise relinquish the person's judicial authority | |
| 15 | 15 | or duties vested in the office by the Texas Constitution, a state | |
| 16 | 16 | statute, or the Code of Judicial Conduct. | |
| 17 | 17 | (e) A person holding judicial office is subject to Section | |
| 18 | 18 | 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, and the Code of Judicial | |
| 19 | 19 | Conduct regardless of whether the court the person serves has civil | |
| 20 | 20 | or criminal jurisdiction. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Local Government Code, | |
| 22 | 22 | is amended by adding Section 81.0292 to read as follows: | |
| 23 | 23 | Sec. 81.0292. PROHIBITED DELEGATION OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITY. | |
| 24 | 24 | A commissioners court of a county may not adopt or enforce an order, | |
| 25 | 25 | rule, or other measure that delegates the authority or duties | |
| 26 | 26 | vested in a judicial office except as specifically authorized by | |
| 27 | 27 | law. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |