By Allen H.B. No. 3811
76R4274 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the appointment of a judge of a municipal court of
1-3 record in Grand Prairie.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 30.00426(d), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (d) The city manager shall post in a public place notice of
1-8 any vacancy in the office of municipal court judge or chief
1-9 municipal court judge. A person may apply for the position of
1-10 municipal court judge or chief municipal court judge by submitting
1-11 to the city manager an application for the position. The city
1-12 manager shall review each application submitted and nominate a
1-13 qualified applicant for the position. Appointments under
1-14 Subsection (b) or (c) must be made from a nomination made by the
1-15 city manager as provided by this subsection [list of nominees filed
1-16 with the city manager by the Grand Prairie Municipal Court
1-17 Nominations Advisory Committee. The Grand Prairie Municipal Court
1-18 Nominations Advisory Committee shall be composed of representatives
1-19 of the following organizations: the Mexican-American Bar
1-20 Association, the J. L. Turner Bar Association, and the Grand
1-21 Prairie Bar Association. The Grand Prairie Municipal Court
1-22 Nominations Advisory Committee may meet as necessary. The city
1-23 shall provide appropriate facilities and support staff to allow the
1-24 Grand Prairie Municipal Court Nominations Advisory Committee to
2-1 conduct proceedings in an efficient and expeditious manner].
2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-3 SECTION 3. 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.