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House Bill 2772 |
House Author: Rodriguez, Justin |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
House Bill 2772 establishes the 12-member joint interim committee on judicial selection, composed of 6 senators and 6 members of the house of representatives, to study and review the method by which district judges, and appellate justices and judges, and some statutory county court judges, including statutory probate court judges, are selected in Texas. The bill requires the study to consider the fairness, effectiveness, and desirability of selecting judicial officials through partisan election; the fairness, effectiveness, and desirability of selection methods proposed or adopted by other states; and the relative merits of alternative selection methods. The bill requires the committee to report its findings and recommendations to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor not later than January 6, 2015, and abolishes the committee on January 12, 2015.