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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 81(R)

Senate Bill 420

Senate Author:  Carona

Effective:  6-19-09

House Sponsor:  Hughes


            Senate Bill 420 repeals a provision of the Transportation Code that specified that the prohibition against a political subdivision or state agency establishing or maintaining a plan to evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline a justice of the peace or certain judges, including a municipal court and municipal court of record judge, according to the amount of money the justice or judge collects from persons convicted of a traffic offense does not prohibit a municipality from considering the source and amount of money collected from a municipal court or a municipal court of record when evaluating the performance of a judge employed by the municipality.