Bill Text: TX HB1799 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the private practice of law by a judge of the County Court at Law of Starr County on commissioners court approval.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB1799 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1799-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1799 | |
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| relating to the private practice of law by a judge of the County | ||
| Court at Law of Starr County on commissioners court approval. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.2162, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) On approval of the Commissioners Court of Starr County, | ||
| the judge of a county court at law may engage in the private | ||
| practice of law but may not appear and plead as an attorney in any | ||
| court of record in this state or in any court over which the judge | ||
| has appellate jurisdiction. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
