By: Henderson S.B. No. 1431 73R7803 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to approval of assignment of certain visiting judges. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 74.060, Government Code, is amended by 1-5 adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) An active judge may not be assigned to a district court 1-7 that does not give preference or priority to certain matters unless 1-8 the judge has been approved by a majority of the judges of the 1-9 district courts in the county that do not give preference or 1-10 priority to certain matters. 1-11 (d) An active judge may not be assigned to a district court 1-12 that gives preference or priority to certain matters unless the 1-13 judge has been approved by a majority of the judges of the district 1-14 courts in the county that give preference or priority to the same 1-15 matters to which the district court the judge is assigned to gives 1-16 preference or priority. An active judge may not be assigned to a 1-17 family district court unless the judge has been approved by a 1-18 majority of the judges of family district courts in the county. An 1-19 active judge may not be assigned to a criminal district court 1-20 unless the judge has been approved by a majority of the judges of 1-21 criminal district courts in the county. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 1-23 applies only to an assignment of a judge under Chapter 74, 1-24 Government Code, made on or after that date. An assignment made 2-1 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 2-2 effect on the date of assignment, and that law is continued in 2-3 effect for that purpose. 2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.