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Senate Bill 467 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: Vetoed |
House Sponsor: Leach |
Senate Bill 467 amends the Government Code to change the requirement that the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (SCJC) notify a person who filed a written complaint with SCJC of the status of the investigation at least quarterly to a requirement for SCJC to notify such a person of any change in the status of the complaint investigation. The bill expands the type of complaint data that SCJC must include in its annual report and requires SCJC to maintain certain information regarding complaints on the SCJC website, to establish sanction guidelines, and to establish a complaint schedule.
Governor's Reason for Veto: "Senate Bill 467 is not needed because it would require the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to take actions that it can already do without a statutory change."