H.B. No. 1357
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a complainant's right to appear before the State
1-3 Commission on Judicial Conduct.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 33.022, Government Code,
1-6 is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 33.022. COMPLAINANT'S AND JUDGE'S RIGHTS.
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 33.022(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-9 read as follows:
1-10 (a) In the conduct of an investigation the judge shall be
1-11 informed in writing that an investigation has commenced and of the
1-12 nature of the matters being investigated. At the conclusion of the
1-13 investigation, the commission shall determine whether formal
1-14 proceedings <(>under Subsection (b) <of this section)> shall be
1-15 had. The complainant, if any, is entitled to appear before the
1-16 commission at any formal proceedings and give testimony regarding
1-17 the matters being investigated. If the commission decides no
1-18 further proceedings are warranted, the chairman of the commission
1-19 shall so notify the complainant, if any, and the judge in writing.
1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
1-21 applies to an investigation of judicial conduct under Chapter 33,
1-22 Government Code, that is pending on the effective date of this Act,
1-23 without regard to whether the investigation was commenced before or
1-24 is commenced on or after the effective date of this Act, and in
2-1 which, on the effective date of this Act, formal proceedings under
2-2 Section 33.022(b), Government Code, have not been commenced.
2-3 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.