Bill Text: TX HB1664 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain retired or former district court judges for assignment as a visiting judge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-18 - Filed [HB1664 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1664-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Maverick | H.B. No. 1664 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of certain retired or former district | ||
| court judges for assignment as a visiting judge. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 74.055, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d), (f-1), and (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(4), a retired or former | ||
| district court judge is eligible to be named on the list if the | ||
| retired or former district court judge certifies under oath to the | ||
| presiding judge, on a form prescribed by the state board of regional | ||
| judges, that during the 15 years preceding assignment under this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) the judge has not been publicly reprimanded or | ||
| censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct; and | ||
| (2) the judge: | ||
| (A) did not resign or retire from office after | ||
| the State Commission on Judicial Conduct notified the judge of the | ||
| commencement of a full investigation into an allegation or | ||
| appearance of misconduct or disability of the judge as provided in | ||
| Section 33.022 and before the final disposition of that | ||
| investigation; or | ||
| (B) if the judge resigned from office under | ||
| circumstances described by Paragraph (A), was not publicly | ||
| reprimanded or censured as a result of the investigation. | ||
| (f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), a former or retired | ||
| district court judge is ineligible to be named on the list only if | ||
| during the 15 years preceding appointment under this section the | ||
| former or retired judge is identified in a public statement issued | ||
| by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct as having resigned or | ||
| retired from office in lieu of discipline. | ||
| (h) Subsections (d) and (f-1) and this subsection expire | ||
| September 1, 2033. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
