By Thompson H.B. No. 673 74R3324 MLR-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the assignment of a former statutory probate court 1-3 judge. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 25.0022(j), (p), and (s), Government 1-6 Code, are amended to read as follows: 1-7 (j) A judge or former or retired judge of a statutory 1-8 probate court may be assigned by the presiding judge as provided by 1-9 this section. 1-10 (p) The daily compensation of a former or retired judge for 1-11 purposes of this section is set at an amount equal to the daily 1-12 compensation of a judge of a statutory probate court in the county 1-13 in which the former or retired judge is assigned. 1-14 (s) The county in which the assigned judge served shall pay 1-15 out of the general fund of the county: 1-16 (1) expenses certified under Subsection (q) to the 1-17 assigned judge; and 1-18 (2) the salary certified under Subsection (q) to the 1-19 county in which the assigned judge serves, or, if the assigned 1-20 judge is a former or retired judge, to the assigned judge. 1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.