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House Bill 3468 |
House Author: Naishtat |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Wentworth |
House Bill 3468 amends the Government Code to require the judges of the Travis County district courts that give preference to criminal cases to elect from among those judges a presiding criminal judge for the county for a two-year term expiring September 30 of each odd-numbered year with the initial term beginning October 1, 2009. The bill sets forth the duties of the presiding criminal judge, the judge's compensation, and the effect of the judge's compensation on the salary of a county court at law or statutory probate court judge in Travis County.