Bill Text: TX SB306 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the information included in the annual report of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB306 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB306-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 306 | ||
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| relating to the information included in the annual report of the | ||
| State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.005(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The report must include: | ||
| (1) an explanation of the role of the commission; | ||
| (2) annual statistical information for the preceding | ||
| fiscal year, including: | ||
| (A) the number of complaints received by the | ||
| commission alleging judicial misconduct or disability; | ||
| (B) the number of complaints dismissed without | ||
| commission action other than investigation because the evidence did | ||
| not support the allegation or appearance of judicial misconduct or | ||
| disability; | ||
| (C) the number of complaints dismissed without | ||
| commission action other than investigation because the facts | ||
| alleged did not constitute judicial misconduct or disability; | ||
| (D) the number of complaints dismissed without | ||
| commission action other than investigation because the allegation | ||
| or appearance of judicial misconduct or disability was determined | ||
| to be unfounded or frivolous; | ||
| (E) the number of each type of judicial | ||
| misconduct or disability that resulted in sanction or censure of a | ||
| judge; and | ||
| (F) examples of improper judicial conduct; | ||
| (3) an explanation of the commission's processes; and | ||
| (4) changes the commission considers necessary in its | ||
| rules or the applicable statutes or constitutional provisions. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 306 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 306 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
